The Waterways Journal10 Jul 2026Clients
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The Crescent City Connection bridge air draft restricts container vessels calling at New Orleans to approximately 9,000 TEUs, capping throughput at about 430,000 TEUs annually in the most recent fiscal year compared with Houston's 4.3 million TEUs and Mobile's 500,000-plus TEUs. The Louisiana International Terminal, sited downriver of the bridge in St. Bernard Parish, is projected to handle 500,000–600,000 TEUs per year, with permits expected this summer, a groundbreaking targeted by year-end, and operations by 2030. Michael Hecht, head of Greater New Orleans, Inc., is coordinating the terminal's development under appointment from Governor Jeff Landry.