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The Louisiana International Terminal or LIT is an approved project for a container port at the mouth of the Mississippi. It will be at St. Bernard Parish in Violet and allow container ships with 50-foot drafts – and unlimited lengths, widths, and heights. A $1.8 billion public–private investment has been made and construction is expected to begin in 2025 for an opening in 2028.
It is designed to improve the supply chain of container on barge shipments on the Mississippi River and tributaries that are navigable in 32 states.