Intermodal container terminal plans

Plans are in motion to develop a new intermodal container terminal between mile markers 50-55 on the lower Mississippi River at the Plaquemines (Parish) Port Harbor & Terminal. Designed to service the largest ocean carriers, the new 1,000 acre container terminal will be capable of docking vessels up to 20,000 TEU with deep-water access; and the 21,600 linear feet of waterfront allows for multiple ocean and APCT vessels simultaneously. The container port will be the southern-most full service port complex on the river, providing full intermodal service via river, rail, highway and air to and from the heartland of America. The 4,200-acre port will include an $8.5 billion liquefied natural gas re-liquefaction facility and a break bulk terminal. Plans for the terminal were announced by Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District and American Patriot Holdings LLC, who will develop the port’s expanse of land as well as an inland vessel designed by APH-subsidiary American Patriot Container Transport LLC, which will be used to deliver containers to and from ports on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. (Source: Maritime Logistics Professional 03/29/17)