World domination
IN GEISMAR
With the completion of Shell’s $700 million Tiger A04 project, Geismar is now home to the largest alpha olefins producer in the world....
The Pusan C container ship sets a record in New Orleans
The Port of New Orleans welcomed its largest container ship ever when the CMA CGM–operated Pusan C, a 9,500 twenty-foot-equivalent unit vessel, called on...
The Terraces of Terrebonne
A NEW BREED OF RESTORATION SOLUTIONS
The new Terrebonne Biodiversity and Resiliency Projects at Pointe-aux-Chenes and Bayou Terrebonne in coastal Louisiana feature a smaller scale,...
The Big Picture: Globalplex Intermodal Terminal celebrates 25 years
THE ANNIVERSARY
In April, the Port of South Louisiana commemorated the 25th anniversary of operations of its transshipment center, Globalplex Intermodal Terminal. The 335-acre multipurpose...
The Big Picture: Working together
A BIG PARTNERSHIP
In November, the second of five heavy-lift project cargo pieces manufactured in Louisiana was exported through the Port of New Orleans, bringing...
The Big Picture: From the ground up
WORLD’S GREATEST CAPACITY
This image from November might appear to be mere piles of pipes, beams and other building materials. But in roughly the next...
Building ‘a rig’ to save the coast
THE IDEA: A Baton Rouge-based nonprofit called the Restoration Initiative in the Gulf (RIG) Foundation has gone public with a unique new coastal restoration...
The Big Picture: A hub in the swamp
ON THE WATERFRONT
The Port of Iberia is a 2,000-acre industrial and manufacturing site south of Lafayette that is home to over 100 companies and...
The Big Picture: Up and running
JOINT EFFORT
In September, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Incitec Pivot Limited Chairman Paul Brasher and Cornerstone Chemical CEO Greg Zoglio dedicated the $1.025 billion production...
The Big Picture: Made in Louisiana
THE STEEL
Construction on the nation’s first offshore wind project began in mid-July, as steel went into the water off the coast of Rhode Island....
