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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.
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C-Terminal, Port Fourchon Dock and warehouse storage. Fourchon Heavy Lift, 500-ton derrick crane; Clean Tank service and clean Waste service; Port of Açu, located in São João da Barra in northern Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. [17] Photo gallery. Some ships built by North American Shipbuilding - Edison Chouest Offshore:
Port Fourchon is Louisiana’s southernmost port, located on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a seaport, with significant petroleum industry traffic from offshore Gulf oil platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline. Fourchon's primary service markets are domestic deepwater ...
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 ...
The WMA participates in the Louisiana dove hunting program [3] 4,689 acres (1,898 ha) was proposed as a limited access area in 2010 [ 4 ] and by the 2012-2013 season the Montegut Unit and the upper quarter of the Pointe-aux-Chenes Unit, both on the east side of LA 665, have been designated as limited access, meaning paddlecraft only.
The Lock, a free-floating structure, is the largest of its kind. It serves as a man-made break in the levee. The massive structure has 90-ton doors and 64 feet (20 m) sides. The lock was constructed in 1961 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to replace the historic Plaquemine Lock.
The Ferry has been in regular service since 1827. After Hurricane Katrina (2005) the ferry's schedule was changed, ending daily service at 8 p.m. (20:00). Urged by the New Orleans City Council and special interest groups, such as the citizens group friends of the ferry, the state extended hours again in August 2007.