PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA TO HOST GLOBALPLEX INTERMODAL TERMINAL SILVER JUBILEE

Who: Port of South Louisiana

What: Globalplex Silver Jubilee

When: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 4:00 PM

Where: Port of South Louisiana Globalplex Intermodal Terminal, 147 Henderson Street, Reserve, Louisiana 70084

Why: The Port of South Louisiana will commemorate the 25th anniversary of operations of its transshipment center, Globalplex Intermodal Terminal. Globalplex was founded in March 1992 when the Port recognized the benefits of establishing a transshipment center in the heart of the River Region, chief among them the belief that such a facility was the first crucial step in the Port of South Louisiana becoming an operating port instead of a landlord port. Since the purchase of the facility in 1992 for $11.5 million, the Port of South Louisiana has invested over $104 million in construction, upgrades and improvements. The facility handles, on average, 1.5 million short tons annually.