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Continente: América

País: Estados Unidos

Localización: LaPlace, Louisiana

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Estado: Terminado

Descripción:The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping port in the Western Hemisphere and 9th largest in the world.[1] It is the largest bulk cargo port in the world.[citation needed]

It extends 54 miles (87 km) along the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, centering approximately at LaPlace, Louisiana, which serves as the Port's headquarters location.

This port is critical for grain shipments from the Midwest, handling some 60% of all raw grain exports.

Geography

The ports of New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge cover 172 miles (277 km) on both banks of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (now closed by a rock dike built across the channel at Bayou La Loutre) extends 67 miles (108 km) from New Orleans to the Gulf, and the channel up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge runs at a 48 foot (14.6 m) draft. Overall, the navigational depths range from 12 feet to 48 feet (3.6 - 14.6 m) along the river, channels, and side canals. After Hurricane Katrina, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Coast Survey used boats with sonar and scanners to assess underwater damage to the ports. Port authorities used these surveys to make decisions about when to open or close the ports.[2]

Exports and Imports

These three ports are significant to the economy of the nation. The ports of South Louisiana, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge rank third, fourth, and fifteenth, respectively in total trade by port to all world ports. In terms of dollar value, total trade by port to all world ports, New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge, rank 12th, 16th, and 27th, respectively. About 6,000 vessels pass through the Port of New Orleans annually.[3]

According to the North American Export Grain Association, as of August 2005, these three ports serve as a gateway for nearly 55 to 70 percent of all U.S. exported corn, soy, and wheat. Barges carry these grains from the Mississippi River to the ports for storage and export. Imports to these ports include steel, rubber, coffee, fruits, and vegetables.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_South_Louisiana

Port of South Louisiana, USA

The largest bulk cargo port of the world, ranked 9th largest port in the world by AAPA World Port Rankings, the port of South Louisiana is located on the banks of the Mississippi River. It handles 60% of the grain exports and imports of the country. The port is connected to the mainland through railways, airways, and roads, making it easily accessible. It stretches over 54 miles, with a main channel depth of 45 foot.

http://www.brighthubengineering.com/seafaring/122948-best-and-worst-ports-in-the-world/

GlobalPlex / Port of South Louisiana

Associated Terminals is the exclusive operator of the Port of South Louisiana’s Globalplex Intermodal Terminal which includes the cargo dock and terminal areas. The facility, which is part of a $30 million dollar master plan enacted by the Port of South Louisiana, is one of the premier deep draft cargo dock facilities on the lower Mississippi River. As the largest tonnage port in the western hemisphere, the Port of South Louisiana is strategically located at Mile 138.5 AHP on the lower Mississippi River in Reserve, Louisiana. The facility is equipped for the handling and storage of all bulk, break-bulk and containerized cargoes, as well as heavy lifts.

The Globalplex facility features a deep draft bulk and general cargo dock which measures 660 feet in length by 204 feet in width allowing for a highly efficient dockside transfer operation between ship, barge, truck and/or on-dock lay down and staging area. At greater than 47 feet of dockside water depth, the dock can service any vessels that can transit the Mississippi River. This dock is also equipped with two gantry mounted Manitowoc 2250 electric cranes. The cranes, rated at 150 tons each, can traverse the entire dock area.

GlobalplexThe terminal facility offers 166,000 square feet of existing warehouse space and 177,000 square feet of paved storage pad providing ample space for the staging of cargo prior to shipment. A new 40,000 square foot storage building will be complete by 2009 and the terminal has additional land available for development.

With rail access throughout the facility, the Port is internally serviced by the Canadian National/Illinois Central Railroad with switching access to the Kansas City Southern Railroad. The facility also offers easy access to Interstates 10, 12, and 55 and U.S. Highway 61.

From Panamax vessels to inland barges, the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal is the perfect location to trans-load and store all types of cargo involving ship, barge, truck and/or rail. Please contact us at (985) 536-4520 for more information on this “state of the art” facility.

http://www.associatedterminals.com/locations_details.php?id=19

PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA: HEAVYWEIGHT TONNAGE KING

The Port of South Louisiana, a 54-mile port district on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is the largest tonnage port in the Western Hemisphere. Over 4,000 oceangoing vessels and 55,000 barges call at the port each year. In 2010, the facilities within St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes handled more than 246 million short tons of cargo brought to its terminals via vessels and barges. With exports of over 48 million short tons of cargo in 2010, the port also is the highest- ranked exporter in North America.

The port offers users a strategic location at the intersection of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and an intermodal transportation network of waterways, roadways, rail and air featuring access to four interstate highways, four Class I railroads, Louis Armstrong International airport and St. John Parish Airport, and deepwater via the Mississippi River. The inland barge system, comprised of 19,262 miles of waterway, moves more than 124 million short tons of cargo upriver to major U.S. markets in the Midwest and Northeast.

In the heart of the port lies the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal, a 335-acre maritime industrial park for both vessels and barges that provides handling and storage for bulk, breakbulk and containerized cargos. Its deep-draft bulk terminal has one of the largest cement facilities in North America. Cargo is quickly moved to and from landside storage via an extensive covered conveyor system.

The proposed expansion of the Panama Canal is a key factor influencing Louisiana ports. The expansion will allow the Panama Canal to approximately double its logistics capacity, which will significantly increase cargo volume.

“We believe that Louisiana can win a significant share of new logistics business and that Chinese investment funds are a potential source of Louisiana foreign direct investment,” said Don Pierson, assistant secretary of Louisiana Economic Development. “Moreover, the Panama Canal has traditionally been a gateway for dry goods, such as grains, minerals, fertilizers, coal and liquid goods, such as chemical products, crude oil and oil derivates. These are all strong suits for Louisiana.”

In April 2010, port and economic development agency executives traveled to Asia to share some of the advantages and benefits Asian companies—which typically ship via ports located on the west coast of North America—would have in the Port of South Louisiana. Since then, the port has been even more committed in expanding its operations and in securing new capital investment within the region, such as the planned terminal on the Mississippi River at the Bonnet Carré Spillway.

In June 2010, the port officially opened Transit Shed #4 at Globalplex Intermodal Terminal. The $6- million warehouse, which was designed to withstand 130-mph winds, was funded in part by $4.8 million from LA DOTD’s Port Construction and Development Priority Program. Erected adjacent to the general cargo dock access bridge, the building layout and location will permit future expansion of the structure to triple its current size in addition to the installation of conveyors connecting the warehouse to the general cargo dock and to nearby railroads.

In the summer of 2010, the port began an $18.9-million project to construct a 65-foot-wide x 700-foot-long finger pier adjacent and downriver from the existing general cargo dock that will allow the berth of a Panamax-size vessel and direct vessel-to-barge transloading. The project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2011.

The Port of South Louisiana offers access to 66 percent of the North American market and access to Mexico and Latin America in 2-7 days. It provides 60 percent of the nation’s grain exports and 7 grain transfer facilities, 50 million short tons of crude oil imports on average per year and four major oil-processing plants, which refine more than 1 million barrels daily, and 11 petrochemical manufacturing facilities. In short, within the 108 miles of deepwater frontage on both banks of the Mississippi are more than 50 piers and docks. Its impressive group of resident tenants includes Chevron Phillips, ArcelorMittal, Cargill, Dow, ADM, DuPont, Motiva Enterprises, Marathon, Shell and Nucor Steel.

http://businessfacilities.com/articles/cover-story/the-canal-gets-bigger-and-u-s-ports-are-ready/

http://www.norpc.org/newsletter-Sept2010.html

http://portsoflouisiana.org/documents/port_profiles/SouthLouisiana.pdf

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/port_of_south_louisiana_gets_f.html

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