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Port of New Orleans
Container ship is unloaded at the Napoleon Avenue terminal
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CountryUnited States
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates29°56′13″N 90°03′43″W / 29.93694°N 90.06194°W / 29.93694; -90.06194
UN/LOCODEUSMSY[1]
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Draft depthproject depth 45 ft., depth at berths 50 ft.[2]
Air draft170 feet, restricted by Crescent City Connection bridge
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Website
https://www.portnola.com/

The Port of New Orleans is a significant transport hub located in Louisiana, United States. It serves as an embarkation point for cruise passengers and Louisiana’s sole international container port.[3]

The port generates $100 million in revenue annually through its four lines of business – cargo (46%), rail (31%), cruise (16%), and industrial real estate (7%). As a self-sustaining political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, it receives zero tax dollars.

In 1946, a foreign-trade zone was established in the port.[4][5] The New Orleans FTZ has more individual warehouses and sites under its umbrella than any other U.S. port-administered FTZ.

Location

The Napoleon intermodal rail yard allows for containers to be transported by train.

The port is located on the Mississippi River, about 100 miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico.[2] It is a diverse general cargo port, handling containerized cargo such as plastic resins, food products, consumer merchandise; and breakbulk cargo such as steel, metals, rubber, wood, and paper.

Facility investment and terminal operations

State, port, and private companies have invested nearly $1 billion in infrastructure and facilities at New Orleans, and another billion of investment is planned with private partnerships.

Containerized Cargo

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 the Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal. The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad provides the port, partners and shippers with an on-dock intermodal advantage.[6]

Breakbulk Capabilities

There are 13,511 feet of berthing space available at six dedicated breakbulk terminals, along with 1.6 million square feet of transit shed area for the temporary storage of breakbulk cargo, and the ability to discharge directly to/from barge. 140,000-square-foot dockside cold storage facility is available at the Henry Clay Avenue Refrigerated Terminal.[6]

Cruise terminal facilities

New Orleans is the sixth largest cruise port in the United States. In 2019, it had 1.20 million cruise passenger movements and 251 cruise vessel calls.[7]

The Port of New Orleans has a cruise terminal that accommodates cruise lines such as Carnival, Norwegian, and ACCL, and the Norwegian Sun is docked here.
Taken February 2022.
Norwegian Breakaway in the Port of New Orleans

Carnival and Norwegian sail weekly to destinations in the Eastern and Western Caribbean and Bahamas. Disney Cruise Line sailed six cruises in 2020 from New Orleans. Royal Caribbean International returned with The Enchantment of the Seas in 2020 as well. Riverine cruises are a growing sector at Port NOLA. American Queen Steamboat Company and American Cruise Lines offer cruises along the coast and the nation’s inland river system.

Governance

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans governs the port. The Board sets policies and regulates traffic and commerce. It is made up of seven nonsalaried commissioners who serve five-year staggered terms. The governor of Louisiana appoints board members from a list of three nominees submitted by 19 local business, civic, labor, education, and maritime groups. The seven-person board reflects its three-parish (county) jurisdiction. Four members are selected from Orleans Parish, two from Jefferson Parish, and one from St. Bernard Parish.[8]

Board members

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Executive management

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See also

References

  1. ^ "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE) (US) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)". UNECE. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Port of New Orleans, U.S.A." www.findaport.com. OneOcean Group. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ Gresham, M., 2016. The Port of New Orleans. Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council, 73(2).
  4. ^ Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 57, ISBN 9781849802437
  5. ^ "Merchandise Received and Exports: Top 25, 2015", Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the Congress of the United States, 2016
  6. ^ a b "Port 101 | Port of New Orleans". Port NOLA. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  7. ^ McAuley, Tony. "Port of New Orleans sets another cruise ship passenger record, though growth slows". Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  8. ^ "The Port of New Orleans". Overview. Archived from the original on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  9. ^ a b "Port of New Orleans". People. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

See also: List of North American ports and List of world's busiest ports by cargo tonnage
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