Home/American Shipper/New Orleans sets own TEU record in 2011 American Shipper New Orleans sets own TEU record in 2011 FreightWaves Staff · Monday, February 06, 2012 Container volumes at the Port of New Orleans in 2011 grew 11.6 percent on an annual basis to 476,413 TEUs, a port record and an increase of 46 percent from two years ago.