a western terminus at either the former Arlington or Port Ivory stations on Staten Island. Ethanol transshipment In August 2006, the Linden Terminal intermodal facility started operating on Point Tremley along the Arthur Kill in Linden. The facility transfers ethanol for fuel use between barges, rail cars, trucks, and temporary storage tanks. Biodiesel production In May 2007, The Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey based biodiesel producer Fuel Bio "is trying to plant a green footprint on New Jersey's notorious Chemical Coast." The company is a producer of biofuels located inside of New York Terminals, whose production facility is located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, across the Arthur Kill from Staten Island. Incidents On October 25, 1972, an oil barge docked in Carteret, exploding and causing fires and oil slicks in Arthur Kill. A fire broke out at the GATX oil tank farm and docking facilities in Carteret, New Jersey on April 12, 1973. In 1995, at an Amoco fuel storage depot in Carteret, a spray of fuel vapor created a fire. At 4:55 AM on Friday, September 29th, 2000, a tank car carrying more than of butane derailed while switching off to a siding along the Chemical Coast line in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Residents of 163 houses were evacuated while the cleanup effort took place. The car was rerailed and put back into service undamaged later that day. An accidental gas explosion killed three workers and injured a fourth at the Acetylene Service Company plant in Perth Amboy on January 25, 2005. At 10:16 AM on Thursday, March 12th, 2009, a tank car carrying isopropyl acetate through Carteret developed a leak. Conrail contacted the Carteret Fire Department and the Middlesex County Hazmat Response Team for assistance. The leak was fixed by 12:04 PM after a spill of had already taken place. In 2012, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, a storage facility owned by Motiva Enterprises, LLC ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons of fuel into Arthur Kill. On July 5, 2016, at the Freeport McMoRan facility in Carteret, four chemical drums ruptured and emitted fumes; several firefighters were taken to the hospital for exposure. See also Related railroads: Central Railroad of New Jersey (1839–1976) Conrail Shared Assets Operations Easton and Amboy Railroad Newark and New York Railroad Perth Amboy and Elizabethport Railroad (1869–1873) Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad Port Reading Railroad Penns Grove Secondary Nearby watercourses: Arthur Kill Elizabeth River Morses