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Originally Posted by Finfeatherfur
I will save my comments for a later day.....but I am not jumping up and down on this since I first heard about this in the 90's, but they never could get it off the ground. I am very skeptical that it developes at all......I hope I am wrong since it would be another boost to SW LA.
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Back in the '70's the LOUP offshore terminal was built out in the Gulf south of Grand Isle. This was to service the refineries along the Mississippi river. I worked at one of the plants that was a partner in building it and using this "new" offshore terminal.
I don't remember how much it was used, but in talking with the company shipping manager.....he said that after it was operating for a year or so, they determined that it was cheeper to bring a ship 100+ miles up the Mississippi river than to use the offshore terminal. We kept getting ships coming to our dock every week.