| Name |
Parish |
Top Commodities |
| Deep Draft Ports |
| Port of New Orleans |
Orleans |
steel, rubber, forest products, coffee, metals (copper, zinc, aluminum), poultry |
| Port of South Louisiana |
St. John the Baptist |
petrochemicals, ores (phosphate rock), petroleum products, crude oil, maize, grains, animal feed, wheat, soybeans, chemicals, fertilizer |
| St. Bernard Port, Harbor, and Terminal District |
St. Bernard |
iron, steel, metals, coke, ores, ferro, fertilizers, synthetic resins, plywood, sheetrock |
| Plaquemines Port, Harbor, and Terminal District |
Plaquemines |
iron, steel, metals, petroleum products, crude oil, corn, grains, flour products, soybeans, coke, coal, ores, fertilizers |
|
| Shallow Draft Ports |
| Port of Manchac |
Tangipahoa |
|
| Jefferson Parish Port District |
Jefferson |
|
| Port of Grand Isle |
Jefferson |
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| Source: City Business Book of Lists 2007-08 and other sources |
