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Port NOLA Begins Acquiring Land For New Container Terminal The CMA CGM Pusan C vessel, one of the largest vessels to-date that calls at Port NOLA’s current container facility at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

The CMA CGM Pusan C vessel, one of the largest vessels to-date that calls at Port NOLA’s current container facility at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Port NOLA Begins Acquiring Land For New Container Terminal

December 22, 2020

The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) voted December 17 on several measures authorizing Brandy Christian, president and CEO of the port, to begin… Read More

Brandy Christian Receives 2020 Bertel Award Port NOLA President and CEO and NOPB CEO Brandy Christian speaks at the C. Alvin Bertel Award ceremony at the annual World Trade Center event held November 18. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Port NOLA President and CEO and NOPB CEO Brandy Christian speaks at the C. Alvin Bertel Award ceremony at the annual World Trade Center event held November 18. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Brandy Christian Receives 2020 Bertel Award

November 20, 2020

Brandy Christian, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award… Read More

Corps Kicks Off Lower Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank started dredging at Mile 5 Above Head of Passes. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition)

Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank started dredging at Mile 5 Above Head of Passes. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition)

Corps Kicks Off Lower Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening

September 18, 2020

Less than six weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana signed the project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel… Read More

Smart Port Initiative Announced At Port Of New Orleans Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor speak at a news conference July 13 announcing a smart port initiative between the Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana Economic Development and the Port of New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of the Water Institute of the Gulf)

Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor speak at a news conference July 13 announcing a smart port initiative between the Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana Economic Development and the Port of New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of the Water Institute of the Gulf)

Smart Port Initiative Announced At Port Of New Orleans

July 22, 2020

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, along with representatives from the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and The Water Institute of the Gulf, gathered in… Read More

Seacor Offsets Carbon Emmissions

July 8, 2020

SCF Marine Inc., a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc., announced June 24 that its container on barge service, operated by SEACOR AMH, is participating in a 12-month accredited… Read More

Port NOLA Holds COVID-19 Memorial Service

July 2, 2020

The Port of New Orleans hosted a memorial service June 30 in honor of friends, family members and maritime community colleagues who have died due to COVID-19, the… Read More

Port NOLA Adopts Plan For Economic Revitalization Of Inner Harbor

May 4, 2020

The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) adopted a plan at its April 23 meeting for the economic revitalization and future development along the… Read More

Port NOLA Launches Digital Learning Resources For Out-Of-School Students Port NOLA Learning Toolbox

Port NOLA Launches Digital Learning Resources For Out-Of-School Students

April 19, 2020

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has joined a host of other organizations offering virtual tours and digital learning during the nationwide stay-at-home effort to combat the spread… Read More

Ports Open For Business Despite Disruptions

April 17, 2020

In just a couple months, COVID-19 has made abundantly clear the interconnectedness of the global economy, the fragility of the supply chains that drive it, and the resiliency of… Read More

LMR Ship Channel, Mobile Harbor Funded For Deepening The Corps’ 2020 work plan includes $85.35 million to initiate the first phase of deepening the Mississippi River from the Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico to 50 feet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Corps’ 2020 work plan includes $85.35 million to initiate the first phase of deepening the Mississippi River from the Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico to 50 feet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

LMR Ship Channel, Mobile Harbor Funded For Deepening

February 14, 2020

For ports, terminals and stakeholders along two of the South’s major waterways, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2020 work plan, released February 10, marks a major milestone in… Read More