Today, the growth and development of Port Fourchon far surpass the long-ago dream of bananas. Port Fourchon has gone beyond the banana dock to become the prime location – economically, environmentally, and geographically – for logistical support and services needed for domestic deepwater oil and gas exploration, drilling, and production in the Gulf of Mexico. Port Fourchon is also home to mariners of all kinds, with commercial and recreational fishermen sharing port waterways with tug boats and offshore supply vessels in a reflection of the generations of Cajun shipbuilders and mariners who went before them.