New Orleans: port calls and disruption history

Name: New Orleans daily port calls and volume estimates
Creator: World Freight Monitor

New Orleans recorded a mean of 12.0 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026), compared with 14.5 in the previous 28 days (-17.2%). The archive records 1 disruption at this port.

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Key facts

Country: United States
UN/LOCODE: USMSY
Rank by daily calls: 61 of 2,065 PortWatch ports
Mean daily calls, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026: 13.7
Recorded events: 1
Data through: 2026-09-13 (13 September 2026)

New Orleans averaged 12.0 port calls a day in the 28 days to 2026-09-11.
New Orleans ranks 61 among IMF PortWatch ports by mean daily calls between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026.

Disruption history

1 recorded event, newest first.

Events at New Orleans
Start	Event	Type	Status	Severity
2021-08-28	Hurricane Ida closes New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi River	Weather stoppage	ended	2 Moderate

Full event history for New Orleans

Port calls

New Orleans, port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 6 calls per day on 2026-06-05 to 29 calls per day on 2026-07-24, with a mean of 13.5 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 10 calls per day.

Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms. Retrieved 2026-09-15 (15 September 2026).

New Orleans, port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	12
2026-05-18	16
2026-05-19	10
2026-05-20	11
2026-05-21	10
2026-05-22	11
2026-05-23	10
2026-05-24	11
2026-05-25	17
2026-05-26	11
2026-05-27	13
2026-05-28	9
2026-05-29	16
2026-05-30	13
2026-05-31	11
2026-06-01	16
2026-06-02	14
2026-06-03	13
2026-06-04	10
2026-06-05	6
2026-06-06	16
2026-06-07	17
2026-06-08	13
2026-06-09	8
2026-06-10	22
2026-06-11	19
2026-06-12	11
2026-06-13	8
2026-06-14	15
2026-06-15	15
2026-06-16	13
2026-06-17	13
2026-06-18	13
2026-06-19	6
2026-06-20	11
2026-06-21	16
2026-06-22	15
2026-06-23	10
2026-06-24	17
2026-06-25	18
2026-06-26	15
2026-06-27	14
2026-06-28	14
2026-06-29	12
2026-06-30	16
2026-07-01	13
2026-07-02	19
2026-07-03	15
2026-07-04	9
2026-07-05	14
2026-07-06	15
2026-07-07	21
2026-07-08	15
2026-07-09	14
2026-07-10	11
2026-07-11	16
2026-07-12	16
2026-07-13	13
2026-07-14	24
2026-07-15	12
2026-07-16	19
2026-07-17	17
2026-07-18	14
2026-07-19	12
2026-07-20	15
2026-07-21	14
2026-07-22	15
2026-07-23	15
2026-07-24	29
2026-07-25	17
2026-07-26	12
2026-07-27	12
2026-07-28	17
2026-07-29	16
2026-07-30	13
2026-07-31	16
2026-08-01	13
2026-08-02	16
2026-08-03	12
2026-08-04	15
2026-08-05	17
2026-08-06	17
2026-08-07	14
2026-08-08	7
2026-08-09	11
2026-08-10	11
2026-08-11	14
2026-08-12	12
2026-08-13	13
2026-08-14	14
2026-08-15	14
2026-08-16	13
2026-08-17	9
2026-08-18	9
2026-08-19	8
2026-08-20	13
2026-08-21	9
2026-08-22	8
2026-08-23	10
2026-08-24	14
2026-08-25	11
2026-08-26	13
2026-08-27	16
2026-08-28	15
2026-08-29	10
2026-08-30	10
2026-08-31	12
2026-09-01	23
2026-09-02	15
2026-09-03	8
2026-09-04	10
2026-09-05	20
2026-09-06	9
2026-09-07	10
2026-09-08	14
2026-09-09	15
2026-09-10	8
2026-09-11	10

Container ship port calls

New Orleans, container ship port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 0 calls per day on 2026-05-23 to 3 calls per day on 2026-06-08, with a mean of 1.1 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 0 calls per day.

New Orleans, container ship port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	1
2026-05-18	2
2026-05-19	1
2026-05-20	1
2026-05-21	1
2026-05-22	1
2026-05-23	0
2026-05-24	1
2026-05-25	2
2026-05-26	2
2026-05-27	0
2026-05-28	1
2026-05-29	0
2026-05-30	1
2026-05-31	0
2026-06-01	1
2026-06-02	1
2026-06-03	0
2026-06-04	0
2026-06-05	1
2026-06-06	1
2026-06-07	1
2026-06-08	3
2026-06-09	0
2026-06-10	2
2026-06-11	1
2026-06-12	1
2026-06-13	2
2026-06-14	1
2026-06-15	1
2026-06-16	3
2026-06-17	1
2026-06-18	0
2026-06-19	0
2026-06-20	0
2026-06-21	2
2026-06-22	1
2026-06-23	1
2026-06-24	1
2026-06-25	1
2026-06-26	1
2026-06-27	2
2026-06-28	1
2026-06-29	0
2026-06-30	3
2026-07-01	0
2026-07-02	3
2026-07-03	0
2026-07-04	0
2026-07-05	1
2026-07-06	3
2026-07-07	2
2026-07-08	1
2026-07-09	0
2026-07-10	0
2026-07-11	1
2026-07-12	2
2026-07-13	2
2026-07-14	1
2026-07-15	1
2026-07-16	1
2026-07-17	1
2026-07-18	0
2026-07-19	1
2026-07-20	2
2026-07-21	1
2026-07-22	1
2026-07-23	1
2026-07-24	1
2026-07-25	2
2026-07-26	1
2026-07-27	1
2026-07-28	2
2026-07-29	1
2026-07-30	1
2026-07-31	2
2026-08-01	0
2026-08-02	1
2026-08-03	2
2026-08-04	1
2026-08-05	2
2026-08-06	1
2026-08-07	0
2026-08-08	1
2026-08-09	0
2026-08-10	2
2026-08-11	2
2026-08-12	1
2026-08-13	3
2026-08-14	0
2026-08-15	1
2026-08-16	2
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	1
2026-08-19	1
2026-08-20	1
2026-08-21	0
2026-08-22	0
2026-08-23	1
2026-08-24	1
2026-08-25	2
2026-08-26	0
2026-08-27	3
2026-08-28	1
2026-08-29	1
2026-08-30	0
2026-08-31	2
2026-09-01	1
2026-09-02	1
2026-09-03	0
2026-09-04	1
2026-09-05	2
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	0
2026-09-08	2
2026-09-09	1
2026-09-10	1
2026-09-11	0

Tanker port calls

New Orleans, tanker port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 1 calls per day on 2026-06-23 to 12 calls per day on 2026-07-11, with a mean of 5.6 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 5 calls per day.

New Orleans, tanker port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	7
2026-05-18	5
2026-05-19	5
2026-05-20	5
2026-05-21	5
2026-05-22	2
2026-05-23	4
2026-05-24	6
2026-05-25	8
2026-05-26	3
2026-05-27	8
2026-05-28	3
2026-05-29	4
2026-05-30	8
2026-05-31	6
2026-06-01	6
2026-06-02	5
2026-06-03	5
2026-06-04	3
2026-06-05	3
2026-06-06	11
2026-06-07	7
2026-06-08	5
2026-06-09	5
2026-06-10	8
2026-06-11	8
2026-06-12	3
2026-06-13	2
2026-06-14	6
2026-06-15	4
2026-06-16	5
2026-06-17	5
2026-06-18	7
2026-06-19	3
2026-06-20	6
2026-06-21	5
2026-06-22	8
2026-06-23	1
2026-06-24	5
2026-06-25	8
2026-06-26	8
2026-06-27	6
2026-06-28	8
2026-06-29	7
2026-06-30	3
2026-07-01	4
2026-07-02	8
2026-07-03	5
2026-07-04	5
2026-07-05	2
2026-07-06	5
2026-07-07	6
2026-07-08	8
2026-07-09	11
2026-07-10	6
2026-07-11	12
2026-07-12	5
2026-07-13	3
2026-07-14	10
2026-07-15	6
2026-07-16	7
2026-07-17	7
2026-07-18	7
2026-07-19	4
2026-07-20	7
2026-07-21	6
2026-07-22	6
2026-07-23	7
2026-07-24	12
2026-07-25	6
2026-07-26	5
2026-07-27	4
2026-07-28	7
2026-07-29	5
2026-07-30	2
2026-07-31	7
2026-08-01	6
2026-08-02	10
2026-08-03	7
2026-08-04	4
2026-08-05	9
2026-08-06	6
2026-08-07	10
2026-08-08	3
2026-08-09	4
2026-08-10	2
2026-08-11	6
2026-08-12	8
2026-08-13	4
2026-08-14	5
2026-08-15	5
2026-08-16	3
2026-08-17	6
2026-08-18	2
2026-08-19	5
2026-08-20	5
2026-08-21	6
2026-08-22	4
2026-08-23	3
2026-08-24	5
2026-08-25	6
2026-08-26	7
2026-08-27	5
2026-08-28	7
2026-08-29	4
2026-08-30	3
2026-08-31	4
2026-09-01	8
2026-09-02	7
2026-09-03	2
2026-09-04	5
2026-09-05	7
2026-09-06	1
2026-09-07	5
2026-09-08	6
2026-09-09	9
2026-09-10	2
2026-09-11	5

Dry bulk port calls

New Orleans, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 1 calls per day on 2026-05-21 to 15 calls per day on 2026-07-24, with a mean of 5.6 calls per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 5 calls per day.

New Orleans, dry bulk port calls, last 120 days (calls per day).
Date	calls per day
2026-05-17	4
2026-05-18	6
2026-05-19	3
2026-05-20	3
2026-05-21	1
2026-05-22	6
2026-05-23	6
2026-05-24	4
2026-05-25	5
2026-05-26	5
2026-05-27	3
2026-05-28	4
2026-05-29	11
2026-05-30	4
2026-05-31	4
2026-06-01	6
2026-06-02	7
2026-06-03	6
2026-06-04	7
2026-06-05	1
2026-06-06	4
2026-06-07	7
2026-06-08	5
2026-06-09	3
2026-06-10	9
2026-06-11	10
2026-06-12	5
2026-06-13	3
2026-06-14	6
2026-06-15	7
2026-06-16	4
2026-06-17	6
2026-06-18	6
2026-06-19	3
2026-06-20	3
2026-06-21	8
2026-06-22	3
2026-06-23	7
2026-06-24	11
2026-06-25	9
2026-06-26	5
2026-06-27	4
2026-06-28	5
2026-06-29	5
2026-06-30	8
2026-07-01	9
2026-07-02	6
2026-07-03	8
2026-07-04	2
2026-07-05	11
2026-07-06	5
2026-07-07	11
2026-07-08	5
2026-07-09	3
2026-07-10	4
2026-07-11	3
2026-07-12	7
2026-07-13	6
2026-07-14	10
2026-07-15	5
2026-07-16	10
2026-07-17	8
2026-07-18	5
2026-07-19	6
2026-07-20	6
2026-07-21	6
2026-07-22	8
2026-07-23	7
2026-07-24	15
2026-07-25	9
2026-07-26	4
2026-07-27	4
2026-07-28	6
2026-07-29	9
2026-07-30	7
2026-07-31	4
2026-08-01	5
2026-08-02	4
2026-08-03	2
2026-08-04	8
2026-08-05	6
2026-08-06	8
2026-08-07	3
2026-08-08	2
2026-08-09	6
2026-08-10	5
2026-08-11	4
2026-08-12	2
2026-08-13	5
2026-08-14	8
2026-08-15	7
2026-08-16	6
2026-08-17	1
2026-08-18	5
2026-08-19	2
2026-08-20	7
2026-08-21	2
2026-08-22	4
2026-08-23	2
2026-08-24	8
2026-08-25	3
2026-08-26	4
2026-08-27	7
2026-08-28	5
2026-08-29	4
2026-08-30	5
2026-08-31	4
2026-09-01	14
2026-09-02	7
2026-09-03	5
2026-09-04	3
2026-09-05	11
2026-09-06	7
2026-09-07	5
2026-09-08	5
2026-09-09	4
2026-09-10	5
2026-09-11	5

Estimated import volume

New Orleans, estimated import volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 4,185 metric tons per day on 2026-06-19 to 291,919 metric tons per day on 2026-07-24, with a mean of 84,635.4 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 38,253 metric tons per day.

New Orleans, estimated import volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	64,371
2026-05-18	21,704
2026-05-19	19,236
2026-05-20	161,121
2026-05-21	15,551
2026-05-22	76,152
2026-05-23	108,124
2026-05-24	34,080
2026-05-25	62,595
2026-05-26	64,138
2026-05-27	85,190
2026-05-28	28,233
2026-05-29	97,213
2026-05-30	131,920
2026-05-31	33,460
2026-06-01	64,315
2026-06-02	70,896
2026-06-03	22,935
2026-06-04	82,599
2026-06-05	10,964
2026-06-06	59,377
2026-06-07	188,566
2026-06-08	17,807
2026-06-09	85,001
2026-06-10	56,662
2026-06-11	46,495
2026-06-12	87,789
2026-06-13	20,370
2026-06-14	44,218
2026-06-15	80,445
2026-06-16	30,088
2026-06-17	43,033
2026-06-18	134,245
2026-06-19	4,185
2026-06-20	108,480
2026-06-21	171,005
2026-06-22	120,050
2026-06-23	29,026
2026-06-24	75,533
2026-06-25	115,736
2026-06-26	119,502
2026-06-27	78,072
2026-06-28	55,537
2026-06-29	83,498
2026-06-30	76,678
2026-07-01	40,280
2026-07-02	186,765
2026-07-03	157,297
2026-07-04	29,047
2026-07-05	125,036
2026-07-06	127,579
2026-07-07	147,665
2026-07-08	76,821
2026-07-09	60,870
2026-07-10	95,457
2026-07-11	13,917
2026-07-12	115,263
2026-07-13	60,330
2026-07-14	193,703
2026-07-15	89,411
2026-07-16	100,306
2026-07-17	87,427
2026-07-18	51,227
2026-07-19	30,355
2026-07-20	93,822
2026-07-21	133,119
2026-07-22	121,115
2026-07-23	198,107
2026-07-24	291,919
2026-07-25	57,141
2026-07-26	35,101
2026-07-27	141,558
2026-07-28	112,615
2026-07-29	76,478
2026-07-30	149,506
2026-07-31	118,581
2026-08-01	99,653
2026-08-02	25,044
2026-08-03	27,230
2026-08-04	52,275
2026-08-05	148,837
2026-08-06	136,156
2026-08-07	131,610
2026-08-08	82,762
2026-08-09	88,409
2026-08-10	101,617
2026-08-11	120,057
2026-08-12	26,711
2026-08-13	153,670
2026-08-14	48,153
2026-08-15	95,900
2026-08-16	113,263
2026-08-17	44,449
2026-08-18	53,951
2026-08-19	57,508
2026-08-20	157,502
2026-08-21	80,309
2026-08-22	9,412
2026-08-23	14,384
2026-08-24	57,099
2026-08-25	122,944
2026-08-26	160,569
2026-08-27	114,862
2026-08-28	131,304
2026-08-29	25,925
2026-08-30	22,634
2026-08-31	106,279
2026-09-01	153,923
2026-09-02	168,249
2026-09-03	82,484
2026-09-04	21,777
2026-09-05	80,699
2026-09-06	28,561
2026-09-07	54,987
2026-09-08	75,031
2026-09-09	122,420
2026-09-10	46,100
2026-09-11	38,253

Estimated export volume

New Orleans, estimated export volume, last 120 days, 2026-05-17 (17 May 2026) to 2026-09-11 (11 September 2026): values ranged from 15,689 metric tons per day on 2026-08-08 to 420,989 metric tons per day on 2026-06-24, with a mean of 174,752.3 metric tons per day. The latest value, for 2026-09-11, was 148,085 metric tons per day.

New Orleans, estimated export volume, last 120 days (metric tons per day).
Date	metric tons per day
2026-05-17	158,311
2026-05-18	185,704
2026-05-19	68,638
2026-05-20	138,128
2026-05-21	51,873
2026-05-22	216,588
2026-05-23	146,498
2026-05-24	137,118
2026-05-25	118,734
2026-05-26	114,899
2026-05-27	150,242
2026-05-28	198,915
2026-05-29	143,197
2026-05-30	41,682
2026-05-31	134,780
2026-06-01	179,096
2026-06-02	177,558
2026-06-03	184,584
2026-06-04	248,236
2026-06-05	57,551
2026-06-06	363,828
2026-06-07	226,820
2026-06-08	214,510
2026-06-09	82,676
2026-06-10	257,866
2026-06-11	389,117
2026-06-12	118,407
2026-06-13	45,923
2026-06-14	202,609
2026-06-15	106,295
2026-06-16	176,006
2026-06-17	177,953
2026-06-18	182,261
2026-06-19	79,186
2026-06-20	125,136
2026-06-21	183,989
2026-06-22	254,275
2026-06-23	164,422
2026-06-24	420,989
2026-06-25	311,151
2026-06-26	124,052
2026-06-27	90,948
2026-06-28	234,430
2026-06-29	248,769
2026-06-30	201,271
2026-07-01	230,763
2026-07-02	245,189
2026-07-03	227,012
2026-07-04	88,548
2026-07-05	180,612
2026-07-06	141,574
2026-07-07	291,060
2026-07-08	141,418
2026-07-09	217,628
2026-07-10	105,567
2026-07-11	158,911
2026-07-12	139,924
2026-07-13	145,314
2026-07-14	207,855
2026-07-15	120,476
2026-07-16	248,856
2026-07-17	245,934
2026-07-18	257,310
2026-07-19	168,772
2026-07-20	164,071
2026-07-21	156,157
2026-07-22	319,946
2026-07-23	188,914
2026-07-24	366,447
2026-07-25	360,650
2026-07-26	81,160
2026-07-27	40,852
2026-07-28	137,189
2026-07-29	262,884
2026-07-30	93,967
2026-07-31	216,708
2026-08-01	168,147
2026-08-02	203,955
2026-08-03	166,145
2026-08-04	162,232
2026-08-05	157,713
2026-08-06	207,437
2026-08-07	95,404
2026-08-08	15,689
2026-08-09	193,356
2026-08-10	223,796
2026-08-11	144,342
2026-08-12	101,123
2026-08-13	249,934
2026-08-14	194,705
2026-08-15	213,391
2026-08-16	86,467
2026-08-17	134,851
2026-08-18	112,197
2026-08-19	56,223
2026-08-20	153,887
2026-08-21	50,553
2026-08-22	86,262
2026-08-23	104,349
2026-08-24	298,885
2026-08-25	92,275
2026-08-26	145,412
2026-08-27	222,617
2026-08-28	189,195
2026-08-29	203,438
2026-08-30	156,728
2026-08-31	155,195
2026-09-01	310,472
2026-09-02	243,577
2026-09-03	93,042
2026-09-04	223,708
2026-09-05	326,381
2026-09-06	183,936
2026-09-07	131,519
2026-09-08	82,722
2026-09-09	236,937
2026-09-10	107,597
2026-09-11	148,085

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Curated trade lanes that start or end at New Orleans, and the chokepoints their usual routing passes.

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