Page 1: Port of New Orleans

Page 2: St. Bernard Port

Page 3: Port Manchac

Page 4: Port of South Louisiana

Page 5: Port Fourchon

Page 6: Port of Morgan City

Page 7: Port of Greater Baton Rouge

Page 8: Port of Lake Charles

Facility expansions and enhancements are the order of the era at ports of Louisiana, with energy industries and byproducts (think petrochemical resins) fueling much of the growth scenario.

A number of Louisiana ports are extending their footprints, or at least aiming to do so, while also looking to make the most out of existing acreages.

Starting in New Orleans, with Louisiana’s busiest containerport, and then moving a wee bit downriver along the Mighty Mississippi before taking a generally westward swing, this is the lowdown on ports of the Pelican State:

Port of New Orleans

Marketed as Port NOLA, the Port of New Orleans attributes continuing double-digit growth in container volumes to factors including Panama Canal expansion, booming petrochemical resin exports and growing market demand for imports. The record 648,538 twenty-foot-equivalent units moved in 2019 represented a 10 percent increase over 2018.

A $100 million expansion plan is advancing to double throughput capability at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, to include four new 100-foot-gauge gantries to efficiently work vessels in the 8,000-to-9,500-TEU-capacity range. The cranes are expected to be operational in mid-2021.

Already moving record volumes, the Port of New Orleans’ Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal is poised for a major capacity expansion.
Already moving record volumes, the Port of New Orleans’ Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal is poised for a major capacity expansion.

At the same time, Port NOLA is furthering progress on plans to build a second container terminal downriver, with intent to partner with top carriers and terminal operator Ports America. Officials hope this will broaden options to serve carriers and shippers of all sizes while providing ample space for value-added logistics services.

The port features 12 weekly container services from three major global alliances as well as independent carriers. Latest additions include Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s Lone Star Express, in which Maersk and Zim Integrated Shipping Services partner – the port’s second direct Asia service, in addition to CMA CGM’s PEX 3, with partners COSCO, Evergreen and OOCL. In February, Seaboard Marine launched a new all-water offering connecting North Central America with New Orleans.

Port NOLA has enhanced intermodal efficacies following 2018 acquisition of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad short line, it is enjoying continuing success of container-on-barge service links with upriver Baton Rouge and Memphis ports, and it is further buoyed by the February announcement of inclusion in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020 work plan of more than $85 million to initiate deepening the lower Mississippi River channel to 50 feet.