Port of New Orleans

—Port [definition]{noun}

—1.a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.

—2.a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor.

—3.Also called port of entry. Law. any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.

—4.a geographical area that forms a harbor: the largest port on the eastern seaboard.

—5.Informal. an airport.

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Port of New Orleans [facts]

—Center of the world’s busiest port complex

—5th largest in US based on volume of cargo

—2nd largest in state after Port of South Louisiana

—12th largest in US based on value of cargo

—Longest wharf in  world – 2.1 miles long and it can accommodate 15 vessels at once

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—Port of New Orleans {is}…

—Isolated by water

—Accessed by vessels

—Connected by six[6] class one railroads

—Surrounded by the city of New Orleans even though immediate areas are somewhat barren

—Part of the Mississippi River which stretches across the mid-U.S. {14,500 mile of inland waterway system}

—Busy {over 6,000 vessels  annually move through N.O. on the river}

—Intermodal {rail, 50 ocean carriers, 16 barge lines, & 75 truck lines}

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—Port of New Orleans

—In a sense, Port of N.O. is not ‘quarantined’ or ‘isolated’

—To be quarantined means: 1 : a period of 40 days
2 a : a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore b : a regulation placing a ship in quarantine c : a place where a ship is detained during quarantine
3 a : a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests b : a place in which those under quarantine are kept
4 : a state of enforced isolation

—To be isolated: 1 : to set apart from others; also : quarantine
2 : to select from among others; especially : to separate from another substance so as to obtain pure or in a free state{1 : an individual, population, strain, or culture obtained by or resulting from selection or separation  2 : an individual socially withdrawn or removed from society

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