[StBernard] New distribution facility brings St. Bernard Port closer to goal of becoming bulk cargo hub

[Westley Annis]

Not to be a worry-wart, but do we know what types of fertilizer ConAgra will
be putting there?  Will they or the Port have security?

I did one search on google for "fertilizer bomb" and one result that came
back was this:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=510970

I know that after Oklahoma City, the industry was going to try to make this
less of an issue but don't know if they succeeded.

Jim





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	New distribution facility brings St. Bernard Port closer to goal of
becoming
	bulk cargo hub
	Posted by jdegregorio August 08, 2007 6:43PM
	6:46 p.m., Wednesday
	
	Buoyed by a demand for more fertilizer to grow ethanol-yielding
crops,
	ConAgra has opened a distribution facility at the St. Bernard Port,
the
	first such facility to open at the growing port. 
	
	The opening of the distribution facility moves the St. Bernard Port
closer
	to its goal of becoming a hub for imported dry bulk cargo. The port
is also
	designing a second distribution facility, which is set to begin
construction
	early next year. 
	
	ConAgra International Fertilizer Co., a division of ConAgra Foods
Inc., has
	a three-year lease for a new, $6 million warehouse between the
Mississippi
	River and the port's Chalmette Slip, which the company is using to
store and
	distribute imported fertilizer. 
	
	

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