A judge on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal has concurred with a trial court, ruling against a group of businesses, organizations and individuals from St. Bernard Parish that… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
With a crowd of more than 3,000 present, Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and the U.S. Coast Guard christened and launched the cutter Argus, the first Heritage-class Offshore… Read More
The board of commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) has approved a contract with Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) for the design of a hydrogen fueling barge. The… Read More
Although the Mississippi River remains extremely low, flows below Baton Rouge, along with mitigation efforts by the New Orleans Engineer District, continue to hold at bay salt water intruding up… Read More
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, from National Maintenance & Repair of Louisiana regarding a missing worker who had reportedly last… Read More
Twenty-two-year-old Miles Harris grew up around the towboat and barge industry. His father, Roger, is a senior vice president at Magnolia Marine Transport in Vicksburg, Miss., and Harris has many… Read More
Scott Bridge Company is in the midst of 15 days of daytime repairs at 14 Mile Bridge on the Mobile River, which connects the Tennessee-Tombigbee and Black Warrior-Tombigbee waterways to… Read More
The lockmaster at Lindy C. Boggs Lock and Dam, also known as Lock 1, on the Red River near Marksville, La., discovered a crack in the miter gate anchorage on… Read More
When the New Orleans Engineer District updated its salt water wedge tracker October 9, the leading edge—or toe—of the wedge intruding from the Gulf of Mexico had retreated back downriver… Read More
The Port of South Louisiana (PortSL) is delaying its application to the Louisiana State Bond Commission for approval to sell revenue bonds to help cover the cost of acquiring Avondale… Read More
