Note: This story has been updated since it was originally posted on July 27. This version includes information on the July 28 PPHTD meeting. After almost six years working exclusively… Read More
Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District
It’s been a whirlwind decade for Paul Matthews. Matthews got his start in the maritime industry in 2012 at the Port of New Orleans, where he worked in community affairs. Read More
Sal Litrico, CEO of American Patriot Container Transport LLC (APCT), made a long-awaited announcement December 17 at a press event in Herculaneum, Mo. Litrico, whose company is developing the patented… Read More
A planned $2.5 billion oil terminal in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish was canceled after its developer, Tallgrass Energy, faced court challenges and protests following the uncovering of slave cemeteries on the… Read More
Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District (PPHTD) and APM Terminals have announced a letter of intent in which APM Terminals will become the operator of the newly planned container terminal and intermodal… Read More
The Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) is one step closer to turning dirt on its proposed container terminal near Mile 50 on the right descending bank of… Read More
Officials with the Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) and APM Terminals, an A.P.Moller-Maersk company, have announced an agreement to collaborate on the future design of the port’s long-planned container… Read More
Louisiana now has at least three potential new terminals being explored for the Lower Mississippi River below New Orleans. The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners earlier this month… Read More
While the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 drastically enlarged the land area of the fledgling United States—about 827,000 square miles was acquired in the deal with France—the Mississippi River, which formed… Read More
Agreements announced September 15 could position a new port being developed in Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for container shipping using state-of-the-art vessels running on liquefied… Read More
