Port of Iberia’s new module yard was open by May

A module assembly yard at the Port of Iberia was open for business by May 1, 2026, according to the port’s announcement that day. The facility belongs to Cajun Industries, which the port describes as a construction company providing engineering, procurement and construction services.

The port had documented construction months earlier. In an October 15, 2025 update, it said work on the yard’s pile-reinforced bulkhead and apron, along with fill and limestone, had been completed. At that point, the port expected the project to finish within the following few months.

The May announcement described the yard as open; it did not give a separate first day of operations.

Access to the water was central to the location decision, according to Port Executive Director Craig Romero in the May announcement. Romero said direct Gulf access through the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel, or AGMAC, was instrumental in the company’s choice.

The port’s official website, checked September 12, 2026, describes a 2,000-acre industrial and manufacturing complex in Iberia Parish with more than 100 companies working in oil and gas fabrication and production, materials handling, marine services and other activities. It also describes connections to rail, four-lane roads and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The company total is the port’s own description of its tenant base, not a count of businesses newly formed this year.

The opening predates the Pecan Island announcement. The port’s notices do not identify the yard as a SpaceX supplier or provide a workforce count. It is an existing part of the region’s industrial capacity, with any later contracts or hiring still to be documented.