Contents
Report:
Report
Summary
Max. Size:
Channel:
Depth 45 ft. (tidal).
Breakbulk:
Depth 50 ft. (tidal).
Containers:
Depth 50 ft.
Passengers:
Depth 35 ft.
Bulk:
Depth 40 ft.
Tankers:
Depth 60 ft.
Gas:
Depth 15 ft.
Fuel:
Available.
Airport:
Louis Armstrong New Orleans Int'l, 13 miles.
Repairs/Drydocks:
DDRep: Floating dock capacity 4,000 tons.
Medical:
All facilities available.
New Orleans
USMSY
Also see
Plaquemine
Plaquemines,
South Louisiana,
St. Bernard and
General before first USA port
OVERVIEW:
A river port handling dry and liquid bulk, containers, passengers and breakbulk cargo.
LOCATION:
On the Mississippi River, approx. 81 to 115 n.m. AHP (Above Head of Passes), the city
of New Orleans lies 320 miles east of Houston, TX. and 670 miles WNW of Miami, FL.
Facilities downriver of River Mile 91 AHP are included in the port of St Bernard.
Also see
Port Limits and
St Bernard.
CHARTS:
NOAA Charts No. 11358, 11361, 11364, 11367, 11368 and 11369.
BA Charts No. 3851 and 4400.
Publications:
United States Coast Pilot 5.
BA East Coasts of Central America and Gulf of Mexico Pilot, NP 69A.
PORT LIMITS:
Jurisdiction of the port extends from Mile 81.2 AHP to Mile 114.9 AHP, which includes
port facilities in St. Bernard. Limits are defined by…
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