Facts at a Glance

Facilities

Over 40 liquid and dry bulk terminals

Seven (7) grain elevators

Public terminal Globalplex Intermodal Terminal

Multiple midstream operations

Foreign Trade Zone #124

#2 in Merchandise Received [ warehouse/distribution ]

#3 in Exports [ warehouse/distribution ]

$72.5 billion of product received

5,533 employed

Barges and Vessels

3,715 deep-draft vessels

55,899 barge movements

Rail

Canadian National (east bank)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (east bank)

Union Pacific (west bank)

Highways

Interstates 10, 55, 310

U.S. Highways 61 and 90

Louisiana Highways 51, 44, 18, 3127, 3125

Airports

New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International (MSY)
passengers and air cargo

Port of South Louisiana’s Executive Regional Airport (APS)
private and corporate aircraft

2024 Statistics (in short tons)

Exports: 65,050,450

Imports: 44,205,033

Domestic Transshipments: 142,158,707

Total Trade: 251,414,191

Trade Rankings

#1 in total domestic trade

#2 in imports and foreign trade

#3 in exports

Grain Exports

Over 50% of all U.S. grain exports

Soybean = 21.9M short tons [ 43.1M total throughput ]

Maize = 18.1M short tons [ 37.3M total throughput ]

Wheat = 3.0M short tons [ 6.5M total throughput ]

Animal Feed = 2.6M short tons [ 10.8M total throughput ]

Other Grain [ Milo (Sorghum) and Rice ] = 255K short tons
[ 1.1M total throughput ]

Petroleum Imports

One of the top energy transfer ports in the U.S.

Crude Oil, Petroleum Products, and mineral fuels = 43% of imports

Crude Oil = 29.9M short tons [ 57.3M total throughput ]

Trading Partners

Exports – China, Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Colombia

Imports – Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Canada

International Partners

Ports in Mexico, Central, and South America

The Port of South Louisiana is committed to fostering reciprocal trade and investment between its foreign partners