re: Port NOLA moves forward with land acquisition for St. Bernard Parish cargo terminal

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First year they are expected to process 180K containers.

One of the questions I have for the port folks, is, how is that distributed between rail/road/other barge, and what is the export / import split?

If it's 50/50 import and say 1/3 rail you are looking at 30K containers coming in and 30K going out per year. That would be 80 - 100 units on the road, each day, each way. That won't shut down road systems but it surely will make an impact.

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assuming an 8 hour work day, that's 1 truck on the road every 5 minutes, on a bridge that averages about 8 cars every 5 minutes