[StBernard] PLAQUEMINES PARISH PRESIDENT BILLY NUNGESSER TO ADDRESS LOUISIANA INTERNATIONAL GULF TRANSFER TERMINAL AUTHORITY (LIGTT)

[Westley Annis]

PLAQUEMINES PARISH PRESIDENT BILLY NUNGESSER  TO ADDRESS  LOUISIANA
INTERNATIONAL GULF TRANSFER TERMINAL AUTHORITY (LIGTT)

 

St. Bernard Parish -On October 6th, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.,  Plaquemines Parish
President Billy Nungesser will address the LIGTT Commission  as well as
local, state and federal officials at the St. Bernard Parish Government
Council Chambers located at 8201 W. Judge Perez in Chalmette. Nungesser will
discuss a proposed plan to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to
designate the new LIGTT deep water port as a sediment deposit site for
materials currently being dredged from the Southwest Pass. 

 

"While the establishment of Louisiana's new international deep water port in
the open waters of the Gulf to the east of the Southwest Pass was originally
designed to help bring the economy back in south Louisiana after Hurricane
Katrina, it has turned out to be a world-wide event with the development of
an entire new supply chain connecting the east and west coasts of South
America, central America and the Panama Canal to 33 states and 3 Canadian
Provinces starting in Louisiana through 14,500 miles of waterways via the
Mississippi River and its tributaries," said Senator A.G. Crowe, President
of the Authority. 

       

Governor Bobby Jindal's appointments to LIGTT on October 29, 2008 was an
effort to position Louisiana as an international hub for container cargo
ships by promoting, planning, financing, developing, constructing,
operating, maintaining, and modifying deep water terminal and intermodal
facilities to be constructed in Plaquemines Parish.

 

According to the statute, the authority is comprised of a cross-section of
individuals with many years of experience in the maritime industry, business
and government.

 

*          Sen. A.G. Crowe, Slidell- a State Senator representing the 1st
District. Crowe was nominated by the president of the Senate. 

*          Sean Duffy, Metairie- the president and CEO of Gulf States
Maritime Association. Duffy was nominated by the Steamship Association of
Louisiana.

*          Rep. Nita Hutter, Chalmette- chair of the House of
Representatives Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. 

*          John Hyatt, New Orleans-  the vice president of the Irwin Brown
Company, a freight forwarder. Hyatt was nominated by the Louisiana
Association of Business and Industry. 

*          Gary LaGrange, New Orleans-  the port president and CEO of the
Port of New Orleans.  LaGrange was nominated by the Ports Association of
Louisiana. 

*          Capt. Michael Lorino, Mandeville- the president of the Associated
Branch Pilots. Lorino was nominated by the Louisiana River Pilots
Association.

*          Steve Grissom, Baton Rouge- designee of Stephen Moret, Secretary
of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development. 

*          Tracy Rosser, Mandeville- the vice president of Corporate Traffic
for Walmart Stores, Inc. 

*          Dennis Crawford, New Orleans- designated member representing the
speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim Tucker.

*          Jim Bridger, New Orleans- non-voting member representing the New
Orleans Public Belt Railroad

*          Sen. John Alario, Westwego- a State Senator representing the 8th
district. Alario is the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee's
designee.     

*          Sherri LaBas, Baton Rouge- the secretary of the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development.

*          Scott Becnel, Belle Chasse- representing Plaquemines Parish.

*          Ronald Branch, New Orleans- representing the Mississippi River
Maritime Association

*          David Mannella, Slidell- appointed by the Governor representing
the maritime industry

*          Chris Westbrook, Harvey-representing the AFL-CIO

 

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