Following the 2021 agreement for the development of the area Plaquemines Dock near New Orleans ( of 7 May 2021), the Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District has signed with the terminal operator APM Terminals of the Maersk shipping group: a letter of intent for the construction of a container terminal with an initial private investment of about $500 million. Plaquemines Port will rent the area at APM Terminals for 30 years and the first phase of the project It envisages the development of an area of 200 acres where they will be able to land container ships with a capacity of up to 14,000 TEUs, with options to expand it up to 900 acres.