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![Norwegian Breakaway](/assets/img/Norwegian_Breakaway.jpg)
Norwegian Cruise Line announces newer and larger ship to homeport at Port of New Orleans in 2018
October 3, 2017
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today it will deploy the 4,000-passenger
Norwegian Breakaway to the Port of New Orleans beginning November 2018.
![Bahri Ro Ro](/assets/img/09.07.17_Bahri_Ro_Ro1_small.jpg)
Bahri’s New State-of-the-Art Roll-On/Roll-Off Multipurpose Vessels Call at the Port of New Orleans
September 7, 2017
The Port of New Orleans increased its connection to major ports in the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and the Mediterranean Sea and welcomed the return of roll-on, roll-off service with the inaugural call of the Bahri Yanbu, a new state-of-the-art multipurpose vessel, in mid-August at the Nashville Avenue Terminal Complex operated by Ports America.
![Container yard](/assets/img/08.02.17-PortNOLA_Procurement_Outreach.jpg)
The Port of New Orleans has launched a series of roundtable discussions
to promote professional services opportunities to local and small architectural and engineering
companies as part of a business outreach initiative.
![Port of New Orleans Logo Horizontal](/assets/img/PortNOLA_logo_color-horizontal.jpg)
The Port of New Orleans announced that President and CEO Brandy D. Christian
has been appointed to the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC)
![Robert R. Barkerding](/assets/img/06.22.17-PortNOLA_Board_Elects_Barkerding_Chair.jpg)
Board Elects Robert R. Barkerding, Jr. Chairman
June 22, 2017
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans today elected Robert R.
Barkerding Chairman. Barkerding represents Jefferson Parish and joined the Board in February of 2013
when he was appointed by former Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Michael W. Kearney, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, was named the recipient of the 2017 Diolkos Award at the 7th Annual Rail Supply Chain Summit in Chicago on June 14, 2017.
City, Public Belt and Port Partner to Promote Economic Growth and Transform the New Orleans Waterfront
June 7, 2017
The Port of New Orleans, the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and the City of New Orleans have agreed to preliminary terms of a landmark plan that will stimulate economic growth of the Port and local industries by aligning the Public Belt Railroads and its assets under the Port of New Orleans.
![USDA Cold Treatment Containers](/assets/img/05.23.17-Port-NOLA-USDA-Cold-Treatment.jpg)
The Port of New Orleans announced a new opportunity for shippers looking to transport perishable cargo from South America. Port NOLA received approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for inclusion in the Southeast U.S. In-Transit Cold Treatment Pilot Program.
![Press Release 2017 05 12 American Duchess Sailing](/assets/img/Press-Release_2017-05-12_American-Duchess_Sailing.jpg)
American Duchess, American Queen Steamboat Company’s Latest Riverboat to Launch Aug. 14 from New Orleans
May 12, 2017
The American Queen Steamboat Company, owner and operator of the American Queen and American Empress, will launch service on its new American Duchess when it sets sail from New Orleans on Aug. 14, 2017, following its christening here a day earlier.
![Press Release 2017 05 10 Port NOLA Bike Patrol](/assets/img/Press-Release_2017-05-10_PortNOLA_Bike-Patrol.jpg)
Cruise guests, locals and tourists enjoying New Orleans riverfront now have an added layer of security. Today, the Port’s Harbor Police Department initiated bicycle patrols aimed at increasing security from Mardi Gras World to the French Market.