The Alliance adds Port of New Orleans to direct Asia service
Members said their new EC6 service – which also includes Houston and Mobile – is the first within their network to 'directly and seamlessly connect the US Gulf with important ports in Asia'
The new service follows the port’s efforts to boost its throughput via a $100m expansion project at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, adding four new 100-ft-gauge container gantry cranes in the fourth quarter of 2021 and increasing capacity to 1m teu