Green light for new U.S. port that will handle 2 million containers a year
A federal permit has been granted for construction of a major new marine container terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The post Green light for new U.S. port that will handle 2 million containers a year appeared first on FreightWaves .
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted a federal permit for the Louisiana International Terminal, a new deepwater container facility near Port of New Orleans. The $1.8-billion project, developed with Terminal Investment Limited and Ports America, will have a capacity of 2 million containers annually upon completion. The terminal will have two berths for 16,000-container vessels, with water depth of 55 feet.
Port NOLA says the terminal will provide market access across over 30 states and strengthen Louisiana's role in U.S. import and export supply chains. The project targets an opening in 2028 with initial annual capacity of 180,000-280,000 TEUs. The terminal aims to address a constraint on container operations upriver from the Gulf of Mexico, allowing ultra-large container vessels to call at the port. Port NOLA is the only new greenfield container port being developed in the United States.
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