Investing in Infrastructure and Partnerships for Intermodal Growth Gary LaGrange, President and CEO
DID YOU KNOW? The Port of New Orleans handles the equivalent of:
STATE AND NATIONAL ECOMOMIC ENGINE The Port of New Orleans is responsible for:
PORT NOLA IS MAKING WAVES
TOP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS steel, coffee, bananas, natural rubber, forest products, non-ferrous metals frozen poultry, paper and pulp
BEST IN CLASS-I RAIL CONNECTIVITY Major markets are directly accessible through our rail network, and with our state of the art intermodal yard, we offer even more efficiency.
INTERMODAL GATEWAY TO THE MIDWEST AND CANADA
GROWING INTERMODAL OPTIONS • NEW State-of-the-art intermodal rail terminal adjacent to the container terminal offering on-dock rail access • NEW Container on barge service between Baton Rouge-New Orleans
NEW MISSISSIPPI RIVER : Modern, efficient intermodal container transfer terminal INTERMODAL TERMINAL adjacent to the container terminal • $25 million investment • $16.7 million TIGER grant • 4 tracks of 1,550 feet of working pad for each • 2 new RTGs • Capacity of 160,000 TEUs per year
INLAND WATERWAY CONNECTIVITY
PREMIUM INLAND CONNECTIONS More than 2,100 trucks haul cargo in and out of the Port of New Orleans every day.
CONTAINER FACILITIES • 45 foot draft • 800,000 TEU capacity • 6 post-panamax gantry cranes • Largest ship= 9,600 TEUs • Expansion footprint of 1.5 million TEUs
GROWING CONTAINER VOLUMES Port NOLA surpassed the half-million mark for 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) handled in a 12-month period for the first time. 525,000 TEUs in 2015 and growing
SERVED BY ALL MAJOR OCEAN CARRIERS
BREAKBULK AND HEAVY-LIFT FACILITIES
INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE We are repurposing the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal into an international logistics hub for manufacturing, warehousing, distribution and added-value services including a mega plastics district .
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT • $500 million invested in the past 10 years • $67 million invested in container terminal infrastructure since 2011 • $100 million invested in infrastructure since 2011
MASTER PLANNING PROCESS UNDERWAY Full-scale analysis and plan addressing: • Market Opportunities • Land Acquisition • Best Use of Facilities • Terminal Expansion
COMMITTED TO SMART GROWTH We are committed to smart growth, implementing a comprehensive environmental management system in 2016 and earning the Green Port certification from Green Marine. Our Environmental Services Department works with contractors, tenants, operators, customers, community organizations and all stakeholders to meet and exceed environmental requirements.
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