Container operations at the Port of New Orleans (NOLA) will restart on 7 September following the passing of Hurricane Ida.
In a storm update on 5 September, the port said container operations at Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal will resume on 7 September.
New Orleans Terminal operations will reopen with limited gate and terminal operations on 7 September.
Ports America operations will reopen with limited gate and terminal operations on 7 September.
Coastal Cargo, Ports America, and Gulf Stream Marine breakbulk operations are open. Empire will reopen on 7 September, the port wrote.
The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) has been reopened.
Rail Operations have resumed with modified hours of operation between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm to connect with Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), Canadian National (CN), CSX Transportation (CSXT), Kansas City Southern (KCS), Norfolk Southern (NS) and Union Pacific (UP) rail services.
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) operations have also resumed with modified hours.
Port crews, terminal operators, and tenants continue to prepare facilities for the resumption of operations more broadly. Terminal operator schedules can be found on the Port NOLA storm update webpage.
“Port NOLA resumed limited cargo and vessel operations, beginning with breakbulk vessel cargo, 2 September 2021, just four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm,” the port wrote.
”The State of Louisiana and our entire maritime industry are resilient. In the wake of this powerful storm, we are thankful for our essential port workers, maritime partners, as well as the federal, state, and local partners who worked tirelessly to get the Port NOLA gateway up and running,” said Brandy D. Christian, President, and CEO of Port NOLA and CEO of the NOPB. “Nationally, Port NOLA supports nearly 120,000 jobs and generates an economic impact of nearly $30 billion. Our focus has been to resume operations quickly and safely.
About Port NOLA :
Port NOLA is a top importer of coffee, steel, natural rubber, and consumer goods; and a top exporter of frozen poultry and plastic resins for manufacturing. The Lower Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf is one of the busiest port complexes in the world, with approximately 6,000 oceangoing ships annually transiting the River and handling 60 percent of the Nation’s export grain and 20 percent of its energy.
