Sean Strawbridge has resigned as CEO of the Port of Corpus Christi, effective May 31. Port commissioners accepted his resignation during the board’s May 16 meeting, following an at-times heated… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Operators, waterway managers and other stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway gathered in Orange Beach, Ala., May 10–12 for the 73rd annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA). The… Read More
Since the early years of the Inland Marine Expo (IMX), the show has featured the 40 Under 40 Award, which recognizes up-and-coming leaders in the industry. New to this… Read More
Cruise-goers in the Big Easy are partying like it’s pre-COVID, with the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) setting a monthly oceangoing and river cruise passenger record in March with… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has released the Draft Feasibility Report and integrated Environmental Assessment (Draft FR/EA) of a study that aims to restore fish passage between the Gulf of Mexico,… Read More
One of the enduring outgrowths of Hurricane Katrina, at least as it relates to the ports and waterways, is the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team and the Joint… Read More
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) held its annual Maritime Training Benefit Luncheon April 20 in Houston to highlight and raise support for the organization’s Center for Maritime Education, which offers… Read More
The morning of Saturday, May 6, the CSX movable rail bridge that spans the Mobile River at Mile 14 incurred a mechanical issue that left the bridge in an inoperable,… Read More
For mariners, as with Capt. Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise, space, it seems, is the final frontier, now that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has released… Read More
Day three of this year’s Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (GNOBFA) River & Marine Industry Seminar tackled a common, yet complicated and potentially costly, scenario for towboat operators and… Read More
