There are 7 grain elevators in the Port’s district –Zen-Noh Grain, Cargill, ADM –Destrehan, Bunge North American, ADM –Reserve, ADM –Ama, and ADM –Paulina making the Port of South Louisiana the largest grain exporter in the United States.
Economic Development Breakfast Laverne…
River Region Economic Development Initiative (RREDI) hosted its annual industry appreciation breakfast, a tribute to the industrial facilities within the river parishes for their impact on the local economy and the vitality of the Port. This year’s guest speaker was…
Other employees who reach their work anniversaries in 2019 and were not present for the event include: 25 years: Alvin Morris Kevin Poche Guadalupe Torres 20 years: Lenora Davis 5 years: Brandon Green Ronnie Feist Richie Zito 10 years:…
Over 4,400 oceangoing vessels and over 63,000 barges travel through the Port of South Louisiana each year. It is the top-ranked port in the country for import tonnage and total tonnage. With such a high volume of annual business, the…
Linde, a leading industrial gases and engineering company based in the United Kingdom, will begin construction on a $250 million world-scale hydrogen plant in St. James Parish late this year.…
When companies are shipping goods from one location to another, there are several logistical issues to consider. Often, these issues are more than one company can handle — but at Metairie’s C-River Logistics, they provide a package of transportation services…
In the world of International Trade, particularly as it relates to freight forwarders and custom brokers, a lot has changed in the…
Pictured at a recent Committee of 100 event is (standing) Governor John Bel Edwards, Executive Director Paul Aucoin, (seated) Port Commissioner Joey Murray, Port Commission Chairman Paul Robichaux, Michelle Citron, Dynamic Industries, Marissa Lingoni, Providence Engineers;…
Things are taking off at the Port of South Louisiana – including new pilots trained on site at the Executive Regional Airport. In February of 2019, Southern Aviators Flight Training, LLC opened for business, filling a much-needed void in the…
In what is fast becoming a mark-your-calendar event for those in the River Parishes, hundreds of area youths and their families took part in…
The state legislature established the Port of South Louisiana in 1960 to promote commerce and industrial development along the 54-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that runs through the St. Charles, St. John and St. James tri-parish regions. MISSION The…
Last April, the Port of South Louisiana celebrated the 25th anniversary of operations for our transshipment center, Globalplex Intermodal Terminal. Founded in 1992, the creation of Globalplex was the first step for the Port to take in becoming a landlord/tenant…
