The Port of New Orleans has received a $226 million federal grant to complete the $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal on the lower Mississippi.
APM Terminals announced a deal with Plaquemines Port to build a $500 million container terminal near the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River.
Work is underway to develop container-handling terminals in as many as five states along the Mississippi River.
Plaquemines Port announced it has found the site for its state-of-the-art container terminal that will be able to handle vessels carrying up to 22,000 TEUs.
Exported empties contribute to the Port of New York and New Jersey’s monthly volume record.
American Patriot Holdings is creating “a north-south trade lane from the Midwest to the lower Mississippi River that doesn’t exist today for containerized cargo.”
Project will increase available ship capacity within two years.
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