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The planned NOCS warehouse will be built on a wharf, in essence, out over the river. At a location that the Coast Guard among others has labeled " The most dangerous stretch of the river." Building a time bomb
Bhopal In The Making: Port of New Orleans Sets Itself (and New Orleans) Up for Disaster
New Orleans City Business article - Port: Marigny group's cold storage concerns addressed
June 2006 Riverfront Vision 2005 New Orleans - The Coast Guard operates a small river traffic control signal tower at the intersection of the Governor Nichols and Esplanade Wharves, as the site presents navigational issues for ships at the bend of the river.
New Orleans: Playing Chicken With History The Port of New Orleans is in a virtual war with neighborhood groups and preservationists in the Faubourg Marigny over the conversion of two old wharves into a frozen chicken packing plant.
Check out recent interviews by local tv station.
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