The first of this month, the U.S. Coast Guard began issuing a new merchant mariner credential (MMC). Gone is the passport-style booklet, fondly referred to as the “red book.”… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
A delegation from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, along with Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), visited a trio of shipyards along the Gulf… Read More
Dan Wise, president and owner of St. Rose, La.-based Gnots Reserve Inc., is a proud grandfather. Between his children, Danielle Hymel and Dane Wise, who both oversee the… Read More
For more than three quarters of a century, the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) has deployed in low-water months anywhere from Cairo, Ill., to Head of… Read More
Following years of annual net decreases in tonnage, the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) has now logged two years in a row of tonnage growth. After recording nearly 239.3… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recorded 20,500 container movements by barge during 2023, setting a new record since the service between the ports of Greater Baton Rouge… Read More
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,… Read More
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… 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… 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… Read More
