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The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) is celebrating a strong end to 2021, with growth and success across its cargo, rail, industrial real estate and cruise business lines. Breakbulk and bulk volumes grew 46 percent in 2021 compared to the year prior. The port handled 2.4 million short tons in 2021, up from 1.7 million short tons in 2020. With the global container shortage and congestion at major container ports, many of the shippers doing business at Port NOLA turned to breakbulk shipping solutions, the port said. Leading break-bulk cargoes at the port included steel, natural rubber, project cargo and plywood, along with cargoes moved by super sacks like sand, tapioca flour and coffee. The port saw its biggest breakbulk and bulk cargo growth in steel, plywood and super sacks. The port's four new 100-foot-gauge container gantry cranes also arrived from China in December. Port officials expect to put those into service this spring, adding to the more than $100 million in recent investments at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. |