The port of New Orleans has halted container terminal and break-bulk operations as Hurricane Ida lashes the Louisiana coast with torrential rain and heavy winds.
New Orleans Terminal and Ports America, ceased loading and unloading at the terminals Aug. 30, the port authority said on its website. Other companies involved in break-bulk, or the moving of cargo onto smaller ships, also will stop work the same day.
Hurricane Ida barreled into the Louisiana coast Aug. 29, packing winds more powerful than Hurricane Katrina and a “catastrophic” storm surge that left New Orleans without power and facing mass flooding and destruction.
