Port of Baton Rouge Returning to "Normal"
By Holly Duchmann, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
After nearly six months of impacted operations, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is returning to normal, says Jay Hardman, the port’s executive director, following the lowering of the Mississippi River. The record high water prompted port operators to change how they unloaded grain from vessels in March. A grain elevator allowed vessels to unload 1,500 pounds of grain in roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour, but without it, unloading the same amount of grain took an estimated three hours.