During the 2024 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, lawmakers committed $230.5 million to Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) infrastructure projects, with the majority of that directed toward the… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
From 2022 until earlier this year, the western rivers for much of the time hovered near historic low water levels. And yet, navigation impacts were far more onerous in… Read More
Caterpillar Marine, which signed a memorandum of understanding with Damen Shipyards in late 2022 to develop a series of dual-fuel, methanol-diesel-powered tugboats, has announced plans to deploy its… Read More
Nine mariners competed for bragging rights and top honors at the Maritime Throwdown (MTD) final competition for the 2024 season, held May 29 during the opening reception of this… Read More
The 74th annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA) may go down as one of the most celebratory, thanks to the May 16 reopening of Demopolis Lock in… Read More
With a week to go before the June 1 start of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its outlook for tropical… Read More
Chem Carriers, a Plaquemine, La.-based marine operator with a fleet of 15 towboats and 52 tank barges and a 174-barge fleet at Mile 207 on the Lower Mississippi… Read More
Denmark-based Ørsted, a leader in developing offshore wind energy in the United States, and Cut Off, La.-based Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) held a christening May 11 in New Orleans… Read More
Earlier this year, residents and mariners who live and work along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) between New Orleans and Port Arthur, Texas, might’ve caught a glimpse of… Read More
Brandy Christian, who came to the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) in 2015 as chief operating officer and succeeded Gary LaGrange as president and CEO in January 2017,… Read More
