Port of New Orleans

Steve Signall, chairman of the Tri-City Port Board, and Gary LaGrange, executive director of the Port of New Orleans, shake hands after executing a joint marketing deal.
 
11 Apr 2013
Officials with America’s Central Port in Illinois and the Port of New Orleans have formalized a marketing agreement to identify and facilitate commercial opportunities between the two ports.
Unloading steel at the Port of New Orleans.
 
09 Apr 2013
In 2012, total general cargo tonnage at the Port of New Orleans rose 8.6 percent year-over-year to 7.55 million tons, marking the third straight year of tonnage gains.
 
28 Mar 2013
Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed members to the newly formed 23-member Louisiana Board of International Commerce...
Port of New Orleans’ containerized exports and imports through February 2013.
 
27 Mar 2013
The Port of New Orleans’ containerized throughput fell 14.7 percent year-over-year in February.
 
22 Mar 2013
The Port of New Orleans’ board of commissioners has notified AECOM Technical Services to begin the design of the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal Project.
 
20 Mar 2013
The Port of New Orleans is seeking private funds to help complete its planned $580 million Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal expansion, the Thibodaux Daily Comet reports.
 
20 Feb 2013
MIQ Logistics has opened a new service center in the Lakeway Business Center in New Orleans.
Port of New Orleans' Napoleon Container Terminal
 
19 Feb 2013
A combination of public and private investment has added container-handling capacity, infrastructure and processing facilities in the Gulf region, enabling the Port of New Orleans to lure so much container and breakbulk traffic away from Houston, its Texas neighbor, that it’s forecasting a second year of record volumes.
 
11 Feb 2013
Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Robert “Rusty” Barkerding Jr. as the newest member of the Port of New Orleans’ board of commissioners.
 
28 Jan 2013
A team of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began maritime safety and security operations on the lower Mississippi River today to support Super Bowl XLVII.
 
14 Dec 2012
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Michael W. Kearney to the Port of New Orleans board of commissioners.
 
14 Dec 2012
The Port of New Orleans board of commissioners has elected Joe Toomy to be chairman, succeeding Valerie Cahill, whose five-year term as chair expired.