State Announces Plan for Smart Ports
By Nicondra Norwood
WVUE-TV 8
The Mississippi River Port system is one of the largest and most influential in the world and it’s about to get a little smarter. A new collaboration announced Monday, July 13 plans to make operations safer and more efficient across Louisiana’s shipping industry.
The Mississippi River is in many ways the life’s blood of Louisiana’s economy. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson said, “You know Louisiana as an energy state. You know Louisiana as an agriculture state; a state of advanced manufacturing; a state of forestry but the common denominator here is around our highways, our rails and our more than 30 ports.”