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The Port of New Orleans is the only deep-water container port in Louisiana. It has an annual capacity of 840,000 TEU, with six gantry cranes to handle 10,000 TEU vessels. Four new 100-foot gauge gantry cranes were ordered spring/summer 2019 and are under construction. There are regular container-on-barge services and on-dock rail access with ...
Other ports on the Corps of Engineers list include the Port of Houston in the number one spot. South Louisiana is second, then Corpus Christi; New York/New Jersey; Long Beach, California; New Orleans; Beaumont and Baton Rouge. As of May 2024 the Port of Lake Charles surged to the number 10 on the list below. [2]
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The ports of New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge cover 172 miles (277 km) on both banks of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (now closed by a rock dike built across the channel at Bayou La Loutre) extends 67 miles (108 km) from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and the channel up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge runs at a 48-foot (14 ...
Port Corpus Christi — fifth-largest port in the United States in total tonnage. [16] Panamax class vessels are handled at the Port's Bulk Terminal. Port of Tampa; Port of Mobile — only deepwater port in the state of Alabama; Port of New Orleans; Port of Beaumont — deepwater port located in Beaumont, Texas.
New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal has 1.5 million square feet of floor space and a 5 story parking garage. The terminal was closed in September 2011 and ownership was transferred to the City of New Orleans in 2014. [1] The Ocean Terminal was built by the Army quartermaster depot for World War I and was fully completed in 1919. In World War II ...
In June 1966, the New Orleans Army Base transferred to the U.S. Navy. July 1966 saw the disestablishment of the Headquarters, Support Activity and the establishment of Naval Support Activity New Orleans to reflect the changing mission of the station. With this change in mission and designation, both sides of the river began serving as the Naval ...