Table 3. Commodities shipped on waterways, 1976 (1000 tons) (Larson 

 et al. 1980). 



Mississippi River: 

 Baton Rouge to 

 New Orleans 

 Port of New 

 Orleans 

 Mississippi 

 River Gulf 

 Outlet 



New Orleans to 

 Mouth of Passes 47,385 



Gulf Intracoastal 

 Waterway: 



Mobile to New 



Orleans 1,413 1,241 116 3,382 3,489 1,548 



New Orleans to 



the Basin 599 4,429 197 296 16,706 5,351 



Major Waterways: 

 Morgan City to 



Port Allen 207 189 24 215 1,561 3,132 

 Bayou Teche 17 268 69 1 



Houma Naviga- 

 tion Canal 133 - - 1,232 141 

 Waterway from 

 Intracoastal 

 Waterway to 



Bayou Dulac - 120 - - 37 140 

 Bayou Terre- 

 bonne Water- 

 way from Empire 

 to the Gulf of 



Mexico - 134 - - 720 3 



Bayou Little 

 Caillou 4 884 



Not including the Port of New Orleans. 



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