Ports America worked Hapag-Lloyd’s 773-foot Bonn Express and New Orleans Terminal is currently working Mediterranean Shipping Company’s 965-foot MSC Mara. Additional vessel calls are scheduled for later today and tomorrow at the terminal, such as the 680-foot CMACGM container vessel Frisia Lissabon that arrived at the terminal today.
“Thanks to Entergy restoring power last night, our terminal operators were able to work these container vessels as scheduled,” said Port President and CEO Gary LaGrange. “Each vessel call represents thousands of man hours that provide hundreds of jobs. Our people were ready to get back to work and the International Longshoremen’s Association did an outstanding job of providing the needed labor. I’m pleased to say the Port of New Orleans is back to business as usual.”
In addition to the container vessels, terminal operator Ports America continues to work the 590-foot Atlantic Pearl and the 557-foot Szymanowski at the Nashville Avenue Terminal and Pacorini Global began working the 618-foot Caledonia yesterday at the Alabo Street Wharf. Other terminal operators, such as Coastal Cargo Co., Empire Stevedoring and New Orleans Cold Storage will resume regular schedules on Tuesday following the Labor Day holiday.
A total of 23 ships, 12 container vessels, nine break-bulk cargo vessels and two cruise ships are scheduled at Port docks by Tuesday.
The 2,974-passenger Carnival Conquest is embarking passengers today at the Erato Street Cruise Terminal for its regular seven-day itinerary and the 2,052-passenger Carnival Elation will return to its normal itinerary when it arrives Monday.