Plaquemines Port

29°34′03″N 89°49′08″W / 29.567485°N 89.818954°W / 29.567485; -89.818954

Plaquemines Port ranked tenth in total tonnage in the United States in 2008.

The Port of Plaquemines is one of the largest seaports in the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the Gulf of Mexico, near Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, about twenty miles south of New Orleans.

The Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District is coextensive with Plaquemines Parish, and was created in 1954 by the legislature of Louisiana as a state agency. It is governed by a committee of the Plaquemines Parish Council, acting as the Port Board.[1]

In 2008, Plaquemines handled a total of 63.7 million tons of shipping, of which 35.8 million tons was domestic trade.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "History" on the Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District website
  2. ^ "Top 25 Water Ports by Tonnage: 2008". Freight Facts and Figures 2010. United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-05-16. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008 Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2009), table 5-2.


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