Since 2005, the Port of New Orleans has reached new highs in container volumes, a 14-year high in overall tonnage in 2014; surpassed the 1-million-passenger mark in 2014; and reimagined the more than 1,000 acres of industrial property along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal into a center for logistics and value-added cargo operations.

2. Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Port of New Orleans officials joined a host
of elected officials and industry representatives in honoring federal partners that
played major roles in assisting the entire Port community to reach new heights in
the decade following Hurricane Katrina.
Honored at the ceremony for their roles in the resiliency of the industry were the
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Maritime Administration, U.S. Army Corps of the Engineers,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
At the conclusion of the event, Rep. Scalise unveiled an exhibit entitled “Partners
in Resilience,” which included an installation of iconic Port photos from the last
10 years and a video from the maritime industry thanking federal partners who
contribute to the success of Louisiana’s ports on a daily basis.

3. On August 30, 2005, former Harbor Police Officer Jessie Walls carries a child out of his flooded
neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward. HPD was one of the first responders to arrive in the significantly
flooded neighborhood and continued rescue efforts in the area for the next several days.

4. On August 31, 2005, the Iwo Jima was sortied to the Gulf
of Mexico to provide disaster relief and to conduct
support operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The
Iwo Jima sailed up the Mississippi River to the city of New
Orleans to directly support relief operations and act as
the central command center for all federal, state and
local disaster recovery operations.

5. On September 12, 2005, less than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the 3,200 TEU Lykes
Flyer was the first commercial cargo ship to call on the Port of New Orleans — less than a day after the
U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Lower Mississippi River to commercial traffic.

6. The SS Diamond State, SS Wright and SS Sirius docked at
the Nashville Avenue Complex at the Port of New Orleans.
A total of five Ready Reserve Force ships from the U.S.
Maritime Administration served as the temporary living
quarters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for
hundreds of port industry workers who lost their homes
and sacrificed to help restart operations at the Port.

7. With a collaborative effort from the Federal maritime community, the
Port of New Orleans opened less than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina
made landfall. The goal of reaching 80 to 100 percent of normal Port
operations by spring 2006 was met and exceeded.
Since 2005, the Port reached new highs in container volumes, a 14-year
high in overall tonnage in 2014; surpassed the 1-million-passenger mark
in 2014; and reimagined the more than 1,000 acres of industrial property
along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal into a center for logistics and
value-added cargo operations.

8. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal joined the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans July 19, 2012,
to dedicate the $40.3 million Riverfront Cold Storage Facility at the Henry Clay Avenue Wharf. New
Orleans Cold Storage, the oldest cold storage company in North America, operates the massive 140,000-
square-foot facility, which added 125 direct new jobs and generates $126 million in annual spending.

9. President Barack Obama toured the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal November 8, 2013, and spoke to
a crowd of more than 500 on the importance of growing the nation’s economy through increased exports.
President Obama said: “This is one of the busiest port complexes in the entire world. You move millions of
tons of steel and chemicals and fuel and food every single year. And, in so many ways, this Port is
representative of what ports all around the country do: They help to keep our economy going – moving
products, moving people, making sure that businesses are working.”

10. On May 14, 2014, Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced the company would relocate its shipping
operations to the Port of New Orleans after a nearly 40-year hiatus. The company had been a major
presence in the city more than seven decades before it moved its shipping operations in the mid-1970s.
Chiquita’s operations alone are expected to result in about a 12-percent increase in current container
volumes at the Port.

11. The Port of New Orleans’ largest year-round cruise ship, the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream, departed
on its inaugural cruise April 14, 2014. The Port handled more than 1 million annual cruise passengers
for the first time in its history in 2014, a fourth straight record year. New Orleans rebuilt its image as a
cruise port from its low in 2006, when it handled just 155,806 passengers the year after Katrina.
Today’s passenger numbers are 180 percent higher than in 2001, the year the Port began in earnest
marketing itself as a premier cruise destination.