NOLA joins NY/NJ network. (Port of New Orleans joins Port Authority of New York & New Jersey electronic data system)

NOLA Joins NY/NJ Network

For $700, signs on to EDI network operated by GE Information Systems for 60 ports, lines, forwarders.

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is marketing its electronic data system to other ports, making possible a single international network linking ports, carriers and shippers.

The Automated Cargo Expediting System (ACES) of oceanborne cargo information is operated and maintained for the port by General Electric Information Services (GEIS). A three-year renewal of the port authority's contract with GEIS permits the port to make ACES available to other ports and their users. Under the first contract the port was …