TIMELAPSE: Port of New Orleans & Baton Rouge - LOUISIANA, USA | Mississippi River

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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,770 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is 1,151,000 sq mi (2,980,000 km2), of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the thirteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Port of NEW ORLEANS
The Port of New Orleans is located in the State of Louisiana in the United States. Lying between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain about 180 kilometers from the Gulf of Mexico, the Port of New Orleans is about 220 kilometers west-southwest of the Port of Mobile in Alabama and over 360 kilometers east of Port Arthur in Texas. The Port of New Orleans is the State's largest city and an important deep-water port. Named after Phillippe II, Duc d'Orleans and Regent of France, the Port of New Orleans is known for its multi-lingual, multi-cultural heritage, architecture, and cuisine. Being the birthplace of American jazz, it is the home to many celebrations and festivals, including Mardi Gras and lively celebrations by more than a million people on Bourbon Street. In 2007, over 239 thousand people lived in the Port of New Orleans, and more than 1.1 million lived in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area.

The Port of New Orleans is one of the biggest and busiest ports in the world and the center of a busy maritime community. It is a fundamental transportation and distribution hub for water-borne commerce with many shipping, shipbuilding, freight forwarding, logistics, and commodity brokerage companies either headquartered in or otherwise located in the Port of New Orleans. The Port of New Orleans region accounts for much of the country's oil refining and petrochemical production, including corporate headquarters for on-shore and off-shore producers of natural gas and petroleum. It is home to two of the four Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities and to 17 petroleum refineries with a combined capacity to distill almost 450 thousand cubic meters of crude oil per day. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) serves ultra-large oil tankers, and the Port of New Orleans contains many major pipelines that supply the United States (Chevron, Exxon, BP, Shell, Texaco, and many others). Many other energy-related companies are located in the Port of New Orleans. The Port of New Orleans is also an important center for the healthcare industry and supports a busy and productive manufacturing sector. Tourism and conventions are a vital part of the Port of New Orleans's economy, accounting for as much as 40% of the city's tax revenues. The United States' government has many facilities in the Port of New Orleans area, including NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, USDA's National Finance Center, the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, and the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Port of Greater Baton Rouge Location Facts:
Located in Port Allen, LA, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is situated at the convergence of the Mississippi River and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and is linked to other major ports between north Florida and south Texas and through the Mississippi River inland waterway system.
The port is adjacent to the Port Allen Lock, which is the northernmost point on the Mississippi River where barges can access the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
The port is the head of deepwater navigation on the Mississippi River; a 45-foot shipping channel to the mouth of the Mississippi River is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The jurisdiction of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge falls within river mile 168.5 AHP to the south (Sunshine Bridge) and 253 AHP to the north (ExxonMobil Refinery), a total of 85 miles, on both the east and west banks of the Mississippi River. 
The port's jurisdiction includes the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and West Baton Rouge.


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