Port of New Orleans container throughput at 80,500 TEUs fell one percent in the first four months compared with the previous year.
Volume has still not yet reached pre-Katrina levels. The port was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The port generated $36.6 million in operating revenue in the current fiscal year.
The Port of Long Beach, one of the main gateways to the US, is one of 29 ports facing work stoppages.
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