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Originally Posted by niwell
IIRC the main port in the New Orleans area is essentially the entire riverfront between the city and Baton Rouge, and still remains one of the largest bulk ports on the continent. Mostly grain, I think. Not very much in common with the massive container ports you see on the west coast though.
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Petroleum/petrochemicals/etc have to be the largest bulk commodity shipped thru New Orleans, I would think.
Nowhere near the volume of containers on the west coast obviously, but container volume is growing in New Orleans and in most large ports.