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Canada's 20th Annual Breakbulk Conference being held In New Orleans, Louisana | The Gov Monitor

The trade mission to the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition, being held from October 13 to 15, 2009, is led by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), in cooperation with the Independent Marine Ports Association of Canada.
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Port of New Orleans sells tract near Industrial Canal | NOLA.com

The Port of New Orleans on Monday announced the sale of a 27-acre tract of land near the Industrial Canal to France Road Parkway Properties, which plans to build a new headquarters for trucking company Transportation Consultants Inc...
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Port of New Orleans attracts new business | Logistics Management

New Orleans—Pockets of recovery are being revealed in niche trade lanes, said port authorities.

Increased demand led Miami-based Seaboard Marine to employ a larger ship in its weekly Port of New Orleans container service with Latin America.

In 2008, Seaboard moved more than 33,000 TEUs through the Gulf gateway.

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Half-ton of cocaine seized at Port of New Orleans | wwltv.com

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The office estimated the street value of the cocaine that was inside duffle bags mixed in with a shipment of Colombian coffee at nearly $9 million.

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Port of New Orleans, city spar over future of wharves. Riverfront could get park, or poultry firm

A long-simmering dispute between the Port of New Orleans and New Orleans Building Corporation over the port's plan to transform two wharves at the foot of the French Market into a poultry exporting operation has heated up recently as both agencies move forward with separate plans to develop the Mississippi riverfront. READ STORY

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Value of exports through Louisiana ports up

Louisiana's top five export sectors for the first nine months of the year gained in value of double- or triple-digit percentages over the same period a year ago. READ STORY

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