Offshore future expansion would not have limits, as would a port on land in St. Bernard Parish. It would be a mistake to build the new port as a small additional port only 10 miles from the current Port of New Orleans. Its long-term future port infrastructure expansion would be very limited by the lack of ample land and river space.
There is not enough surrounding land for long-term growth to accommodate the expected growth in container shipping. Imagine 10 or 15 of the larger container ships now under construction trying to go up and down the mouth of the river at the same time. Think how these would block the river for other traffic when they are turning around to go downstream.
DAVID RUBENSTEIN
merchant New Orleans
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