Port of Greater Baton Rouge
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The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the tenth largest
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in the
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in terms of tonnage shipped, and is the northernmost port on the
Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...
capable of handling Panamax ships.About the Port
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