(FreightWaves meteorologist Nick Austin contributed to this report).
The container terminal in the port of New Orleans remains open as Tropical Depression Cristobal nears landfall Sunday evening.
However, the Coast Guard is restricting traffic inbound and outbound from the port to the Gulf of Mexico. The port is under condition Zulu, which is defined as occurring when “weather advisories indicate that sustained gale force winds (39-54 mph/34-47 knots) from a tropical or hurricane force storm...