Mississippi Traffic Continues To Rebound
Some good news from the Associated Press.
In a sign of continuing recovery from Hurricane Katrina, a group that tracks Mississippi River traffic says more deep-draft cargo ships entered the river in 2007 than the year before.
Last year, 5,442 vessels arrived at Louisiana ports along the Mississippi, compared with 5,103 vessels in 2006, according to the figures released Tuesday by the nonprofit New Orleans Board of Trade. Shipping traffic hit a longtime low point after the storm, with just 4,950 vessel arrivals recorded for 2005.
This is vital to the economy of New Orleans, since the port of South Louisiana, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge rank third, fourth, and fifteenth in total revenue worldwide.
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