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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE: Updates, resources, and context

Port to Port: Lessons Learned

Port employees Chris Bonura, Howard Dennison and Clyde Mathis
Port employees Chris Bonura, Howard Dennison and Clyde Mathis

By Catherine M. Welch

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Wilmington, NC – The Port of New Orleans not only got hit with Hurricane Katrina, but the floods from broken levies that flooded out the homes of many port employees. By keeping in touch with its employees the port pulled in the staff and gathered some lessons learned for other port authorities.