The Port of New Orleans is a deep-water draft port located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the sixth-largest port in the United States based on volume of cargo handled and 13th-largest in the U.S. based on value of cargo. It also has the longest wharf in the world, which is 2.01 miles long and can accommodate 15 vessels at one time.
The Port of New Orleans handles about 62 million short tons of cargo a year. The port also handles about 50,000 barges and 1,000,000 cruise passengers per year, with several cruise ships from Carnival and Norwegian cruise lines, making it one of the nation's premier cruise ports. The Port of South Louisiana, based in the New Orleans suburb of LaPlace handles 193 million short tons. The Port of New Orleans and the Port of South Louisiana combined form one of the largest port systems in the world by bulk tonnage and among the top ten in the world by annual volume handled.
In 1946 a foreign trade zone was established in the port.