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No Oil Spill Impact on New Orleans Shipping

06.05.2010 -

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has not slowed ship traffic to New Orleans, and shipping lanes into the port are expected to stay clear at least into Friday, a spokesman said. No ships entering the Southwest Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River, the main deepwater entrance, have had to be cleaned due to having passed through or near the spill, Port of New Orleans spokesman Chris Bonura said.