Gary LaGrange Port Quotations

It all came out as kind of a joke when someone told me, 'You won't have a ship in this port for six months. My response, with a lot of bravado, was we'll be back at 70 percent within six months.

The Port of New Orleans' riverfront terminals survived Hurricane Katrina in fairly decent shape. Although they are damaged, they are still workable once electrical power and manpower is available.

Thirty percent of the port is no longer in existence as we knew it Aug. 28.

In the next several weeks, almost all of the Port of New Orleans will be dedicated to military relief vessels.