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The Port of New Orleans is a significant transport hub located in Louisiana, United States. It serves as an embarkation point for cruise passengers and Louisiana’s sole international container port.
Container ship is unloaded at the Napoleon Avenue terminal
The Napoleon intermodal rail yard allows for containers to be transported by train.
The Port of New Orleans has a cruise terminal that accommodates cruise lines such as Carnival, Norwegian, and ACL. The photograph shows the Norwegian Sun docked at the port.
Norwegian Breakaway in the Port of New Orleans
The Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal is a 76 mi channel constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the direction of Congress in the mid-20th century that provided a shorter route b
The MRGO and an outlet into Lake Borgne, approximately 50 miles (80 km) up the canal from its mouth and 15 miles (24 km) east of New Orleans (view towards the southwest)
Intersection of MRGO (to right) with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, as seen from I-510 Bridge
Tugboat and barge in MRGO at Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish
Inscription on house in storm-surge devastated neighborhood of Chalmette, Louisiana suggests that the ruins be used to fill MRGO.