# Morgan City (US LMO)

**UN/LOCODE:** US LMO  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 29.7000, -91.2167

Barge-mounted heavy-lift cranes rated to 5,000 tons, track cranes to 300 tons and mobile units to 150 tons define the project-cargo capability of Morgan City (US LMO). The Multimodal Marine Terminal, set where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in south-central Louisiana, handles bulk, break-bulk, project and occasional container loads. Routine work includes rail-to-truck steel-plate transfers feeding nearby fabrication yards and truck-to-rail moves of oil- and gas-field chemicals. As the birthplace of offshore oil exploration, the port remains a service base for offshore supply vessels rather than deep-sea liner traffic. Bollinger Morgan City adds shipbuilding and repair, operating four floating dry docks that lift vessels up to 10,000 tons. A roughly 4.9 m channel keeps the port focused on river and coastal tonnage, with road and rail handling the hinterland. Shippers needing containerised or deep-draught options typically route through New Orleans or the Port of South Louisiana.

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