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Houston has destroyed New Orleans Port traffic
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:33 pm
Houston has 66% of all Cargo Container Volume--New Orleans now at 14%
https://www.philly.com/philly/business/Philadelphia-port-sees-growth-in-cargo-imports-arriving-in-containers-.html
“Generally speaking, the East Coast ports did best, with Savannah reporting 19.4 percent growth compared to a year earlier and Norfolk up 14.6 percent” in April, the report said. “The main losers were the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma,” whose cargo volumes fell 1 percent, and New Orleans, which shrank by 21.3 percent.
Louisiana has allowed Houston to come in and absolutely decimate the Port Business. Houston invested in their infrastructure while New Orleans/Louisiana didn't invest a nickle in ours and the price we pay is a huge drop in our commerce.
New Orleans is now the #19 largest Port Post-Panama Canal while Houston is now the #8 largest.
https://www.descartes.com/blog/201706/new-report-top-20-us-ports-five-year-trend-and-2017-outlook
https://www.philly.com/philly/business/Philadelphia-port-sees-growth-in-cargo-imports-arriving-in-containers-.html
“Generally speaking, the East Coast ports did best, with Savannah reporting 19.4 percent growth compared to a year earlier and Norfolk up 14.6 percent” in April, the report said. “The main losers were the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma,” whose cargo volumes fell 1 percent, and New Orleans, which shrank by 21.3 percent.
Louisiana has allowed Houston to come in and absolutely decimate the Port Business. Houston invested in their infrastructure while New Orleans/Louisiana didn't invest a nickle in ours and the price we pay is a huge drop in our commerce.
New Orleans is now the #19 largest Port Post-Panama Canal while Houston is now the #8 largest.
https://www.descartes.com/blog/201706/new-report-top-20-us-ports-five-year-trend-and-2017-outlook
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Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:34 pm to ihometiger
good job Mitch
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:35 pm to Brosef Stalin
Now that the statues are gone we will see business flooding back in.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:35 pm to ihometiger
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Louisiana has allowed Houston to come in and absolutely decimate the Port Business. Houston invested in their infrastructure while New Orleans/Louisiana didn't invest a nickle in ours and the price we pay is a huge drop in our commerce.
No surprise here. Our state is a complete disaster.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:35 pm to ihometiger
New Orleans is done. It's over.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:36 pm to ihometiger
New orleans has food and mardi gras though so that has to move it up the list.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:37 pm to ihometiger
KK still bringing in that precious metal though
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:37 pm to ihometiger
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Louisiana has allowed Houston to come in and absolutely decimate the Port Business. Houston invested in their infrastructure while New Orleans/Louisiana didn't invest a nickle in ours and the price we pay is a huge drop in our commerce.
You don't think the extra time and hassle of navigating the MS River and the riverboat pilot monopoly has anything to do with this?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:37 pm to ihometiger
Has containerized cargo ever really been the port of New Orleans' bread and butter?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:37 pm to T
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New orleans has food and mardi gras though so that has to move it up the list.
And cultcha
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:38 pm to ihometiger
How about those tourism jobs though?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:38 pm to ihometiger
Wow...
The port is the invisible hand for NO. This will not bode well.
The port is the invisible hand for NO. This will not bode well.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:38 pm to Brosef Stalin
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good job Mitch
The best and brightest container ships will be returning very soon now. It's all part of Mitch's masterbate, I mean, master plan.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:39 pm to 45acp
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Has containerized cargo ever really been the port of New Orleans' bread and butter?
Pipelines, refineries, petrochem, grain etc in general I would imagine is.
Port of New Orleans/Port of South La.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:39 pm to ihometiger
Little girls in New Orleans can now grow up without living in fear of cargo containers.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:41 pm to ihometiger
Container ships filled with imports will always prefer Houston to NOLA.
Population between Houston, San Antonio and Austin is just far greater than NOLA, BR and Biloxi.
Population between Houston, San Antonio and Austin is just far greater than NOLA, BR and Biloxi.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:41 pm to Bmath
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You don't think the extra time and hassle of navigating the MS River and the riverboat pilot monopoly has anything to do with this
Did the river get more difficult to navigate recently? Did the riverboat pilot mob just show up?
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:41 pm to Bmath
All ports have pilots.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:41 pm to ihometiger
Good. Less container trucks on the road the less wear and tear on the roads.
Posted on 6/13/17 at 8:42 pm to 45acp
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Has containerized cargo ever really been the port of New Orleans' bread and butter?
Someone is thinking now.
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