Napoleon box terminal opens in New Orleans

Napoleon box terminal opens in New Orleans    The Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, a $101-million terminal operated jointly by Ceres Gulf and P&O Ports, has opened in the port of New Orleans, La.
   Located on the Mississippi river, the new terminal occupies 61 acres and has a capacity of 366,000 TEUs. It includes two 1,000-foot berths with a draft of 45 feet.
   The Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal,    is equipped with four gantry cranes, and features a 48-acre marshalling yard with six rubber-tired yard gantry cranes and connections for 192 refrigerated containers.
   “The new container terminal is located within close proximity (to) the six Class One rail lines that intersect New Orleans,” a spokesman for the port of New Orleans said.
   Ceres and P&O Ports are transferring their container operations from the terminals they previously operated at France Road on the industrial canal. Both operators have finalized 24-year terminal leases with the board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans.
   CP Ships, including Contship Containerlines, Italia Line, Lykes Lines and TMM Lines, together with Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Zim, will call at the Napoleon terminal. The first ship calling at the new terminal was the “Lykes Motivator” of CP Ships, on Friday
   Gary LaGrange, the port’s executive director and chief executive officer, said that the new terminal is using transponders, digital cameras, optical character readers and AM radio broadcasting within its gate management system.