Thursday, September 12, 2024
Hurricane Francine made landfall near Morgan City, LA (85 miles west of New Orleans). The storm’s eye followed a path that brought Hurricane Francine directly over the New Orleans Metro Area. We experienced significant rain along with hurricane force winds. There are widespread power outages in the area which will take several days to recover. Francine has now been downgraded to a tropical storm and is moving quickly in a northeastward path.
KCO Warehouse, Drayage and Transload Operations:
Thursday, September 12, 2024 – All of our terminals are now OPEN, and our operations are fully functional. Thankfully, we have minimal damage to report. We have power and internet service at all active warehouse facilities & terminal locations. Most of our workforce is able to return to work today.
Port NOLA + Container Operations:
Thursday, September 12, 2024 - New Orleans Terminal and Ports America remain CLOSED. Both terminals will be OPEN on Friday, September 13th.
Port NOLA Breakbulk Operations:
Thursday, September 12, 2024 – QSL, New Orleans Terminal and Ports America remain CLOSED. ALL Break-Bulk terminals will be OPEN on Friday, September 13th.
New Orleans Public Belt Rail (NOPB) Operations:
Thursday, September 12, 2024 operations will be RE-OPEN by 2:00 pm; subject to flood gate re-opening later today.
Class 1 RR interchange traffic in the region may be slower to recover due to embargos that were put in place in anticipation of the hurricane.
If you have any questions, please let us know by email, we appreciate your patience and understanding.
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