Before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the cruise industry around the world to a complete halt, cruise business in the Port of New Orleans was booming. In early 2020, larger ships… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
The American Waterways Operators (AWO) announced its latest class of the American Waterways HERO Award recipients during the organization’s winter safety meeting, held in New Orleans February 21–23. The event… Read More
Belle Chasse, La.-based shipyard C&C Marine and Repair has delivered a new 32-inch cutter suction dredge, the General Arnold, to Callan Marine of Galveston, Texas. C&C delivered the General Arnold,… Read More
The weather, and its effect on river conditions, was front and center as members of The American Waterways Operators (AWO) gathered in New Orleans February 22–23 for the 2024 combined… Read More
Metairie, La.-based Maritime Partners, the nation’s largest provider of maritime assets, vessel leasing solutions and construction financing, closed out its $75 million, 15-vessel series from C&C Marine and Repair in… Read More
With the extended closure at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama ongoing, the Mobile Engineer District has announced a second, albeit much shorter, unplanned lock closure within its… Read More
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Port Authority hosted an event February 1 highlighting the impact of the state’s deepwater port, the Port of Mobile, on the state’s economy. Read More
While the U.S. Coast Guard has a global mission, operating in all corners of the United States and around the world, the agency’s individual units nevertheless take on some of… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District is marching ahead with repair work at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, near Demopolis, Ala., where a portion of the upper miter sill failed January… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (MVTTC) held its 42nd annual conference February 8 in New Orleans, with a focus on the economy, the state of the Mississippi River… Read More
