St. John the Baptist Parish
An Ideal Location for Industrial Sites
St. John the Baptist Parish is located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the heart of Louisiana’s sugarcane farmland. Two major interstate highways, four main-line railroads, close proximity to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and the St. John the Baptist Parish General Aviation Airport, and the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal comprise St. John the Baptist’s superior transportation infrastructure, which opens the parish’s agriculture, petrochemical, and other industries to North America and the world.
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Port of South Louisiana
The Port of South Louisiana is the premier sea gateway for U.S. export and import traffic, and the largest tonnage port in the Western Hemisphere. Part of St. John the Baptist Parish, the Port of South Louisiana stretches 54 miles along the Mississippi River and is the largest tonnage port district in the Western Hemisphere. The Port of South Louisiana has five first-rate port-owned facilities, ranging from grain elevators to general cargo facilities, which it leases to operating companies such as Archer Daniels Midland and Plains All American. The port’s Globalplex Intermodal Terminal, purchased in 1992, is being redeveloped into a world-class complex to accommodate a variety of dry bulk and breakbulk cargo.
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St. John Center Soundstage
The New Orleans Plantation Country Film Office helps facilitate the ongoing promotion and production of film, television, and other related media in Southeast Louisiana. New Orleans Plantation Country and the St. John Center Soundstage have hosted such feature films as All the King’s Men, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Interview with a Vampire, The Kingfish, Meet the Spartans, Monster’s Ball, Primary Colors, and The Skeleton Key.
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