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Tara C. Hernandez Appointed to Board of Commissioners of Port of New Orleans

Gov. John Bel Edwards appointed Tara C. Hernandez to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Hernandez, who was sworn in during the monthly Board meeting, will serve a five-year term, succeeding Gregory R. Rusovich, one of four Orleans Parish representatives on the seven-member regional Board. Hernandez is President of New Orleans-based JCH Development, a boutique urban real estate development firm that specializes in the conversion of underutilized ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Hosts 2016 AAPA Annual Conference

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans is set to host the 105th annual meeting of the American Association of Port Authorities, the largest gathering of port and maritime professionals in the Western Hemisphere. The conference, scheduled for Oct. 23-26 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, will include ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Sets March, April Container Records

More containers moved through the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal at the Port of New Orleans in March and April 2016 than in any two months in the port’s history. According to port figures, 50,974 TEUS moved through the Terminal in April, besting the previous monthly record of 48,594 TEUs in March ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Board Dedicates $25M Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans joined a host of elected officials and industry partners on April 12 to dedicate the Port’s new $25 million Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal. The terminal, made possible by a $16.7 million federal transportation TIGER grant, has a capacity of moving ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Awarded Clean TRIP Grant

Local short-haul truck owners operating within the Port of New Orleans will soon be eligible to apply for financial incentives to replace older model year trucks with 2011 or newer models. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans a $727,000 ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Surpasses Previous TEU Records

Speaking out to a sold-out crowd at the 29th Annual State of the Port Address hosted by International Freight Forwarders & Custom Brokers Association of New Orleans (IFFCBANO), Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange revealed that the port surpassed the half-million mark for twenty-foot-equivalent units handled in ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Launches TV ‘We Choose Louisiana’ Promotion

We’ve all seen that ads on television encouraging companies to locate to certain locations in the United States or the world. Now the Port of New Orleans is taking a similar strategy by launching on August 25 a promotional ad on WWL-TV Channel 4. The 30-second “We Choose Louisiana” ad ... [+]