b'16American Journal of Transportation ajot.comAn Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers vessel is worked at expanding Chalmette Slip of the St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District.(BOLSTERINGcontinued fromgress of the Water Resources Devel-page 14) opment Act of 2020. WRDA includes River, in Reserve, Louisiana. authorization for dredging port chan-The sprawling port district, cov- nelsto30feet,whichportofficials ering54milesalongbothsidesofseeasabigsteptowardultimately theMississippiRiverbetweenNewbringing Belle Pass channel to 50-foot Orleans and Baton Rouge, also is con- draft, opening opportunities for Four-structing a new administration build- chonIslandtohousedeepwaterrig ing, eyeing completion by early 2022. repair and refurbishment facilities.Inaddition,threeroadprojects,Already a leading service hub for to enhance access to, from and withinoffshore energy production activities, Globalplex, are targeted for comple- Port Fourchon is investing in multiple tion before the end of this year. Theroadway,bridgeandbulkheadproj-projectsarebeingfundedthroughaects aimed at enhancing that position.$1.5 million U.S. Economic Develop- Most noteworthy, efforts to elevate ment Administration grant. Louisiana Highway 1 got a boost last June with U.S. Department of Transpor-P ortf ourChon tation announcement of a $135 million Louisianassouthernmostport,InfrastructureforRebuildingAmer-the Greater Lafourche Port Commis- ica, or INFRA, grant to kick-start the sions Port Fourchon, received good(BOLSTERINGcontinued on news with December passage by Con- page 17)(GROWTHcontinued fromforvesselsandtrucksalike,with page 10) increasedabilitytoproductively ship-to-shore gantries for June deliv- handle larger, wider vessels, Calkins ery, aims to nearly double the termi- said.nals yearly throughput capability toTheterminalalreadyiswork-1.5million20-foot-equivalentunits,ingcontainershipswithcapacities whiledeepeningoftheMississippiof as many as 9,200 TEUs, and, in River Ship Channel bodes to deliverlate February, New Orleans Terminal 50-foot draft. discharged a North American record Southernmost of Louisianas ports, sprawling Port Fourchon is a primary hub serving Gulf ofNewOrleansTerminallooksof 2,368 containers of Mediterranean Mexico deepwater energy production industry interests. toprovidefasterturnaroundtimesShippingCo.andMaerskfroma single vessel.Newlyimplementedenhanced RFIDtechnologyfortruckdrivers S e r v i c eL o c a t i o nM o d e r nE q u i p m e n tR a i lW a r e h o u s i n g andadditionoftwomoreoutbound trucklanes,bringingthenumberof N E W O R L E A N S T E R M I N A L apiece,areamongupgradesthat N E W O R L E A N S T E R M I N A L outboundandinboundlanestofive should yield even swifter turn times AD i s t i n c t l yO p e r a t e d ,P r o f e s s i o n a lC o n t a i n e rP o r tF a c i l t y for trucks, which already, on average, complete a dual move in 50 minutes.NewOrleansTerminalfeatures two on-dock warehouses with a total of 300,000 square feet for handling containertransloads;tworubber-tiredgantries;andplug-incapacity for more than 600 refrigerated con-tainers at a time. And New Orleans Terminal handles all Port NOLA on-dock rail activity, accessing multiple Class I railroads via the port-owned short line.In addition to dedication to pro-viding a safe work environment, New Orleans Terminal is committed to sus-tainable practices, as embodied by its The Single Operator For The N.O.T. Container Facility,The N.O.T. Container Freight Station & The New Orleans Intermodal On-Dock-Rail Rampcertifiedparticipationsince2017in 50 Napoleon AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70115504-648-6211 www.notml.com the Green Marine voluntary environ-BreakbulkContainersGeneral CargoesStevedoringTerminal Operations mental program for North Americas maritime industry.'