Back in 2009, Verret Shipyard built a 55- by 20-foot, 1,000 hp. towboat with a spider deck called the mv. Donnie, named after Verret Shipyard President Ted Verret’s late brother. Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Jones Walker LLP has released its biennial cybersecurity survey, which this year focused on the cybersecurity preparedness of ports and terminals in the United States. Andy Lee, a partner at… Read More
Shamrock Marine, a Baton Rouge, La.-based provider of personnel and supply launch services and warehousing, started with a simple idea to meet a practical need—one that founder Duncan Armentor had… Read More
Then-New Orleans Engineer District Commander Col. Stephen Murphy met with Plaquemines Parish President Kirk Lepine and Plaquemines Port Director Sandy Sanders on September 12 to sign the project partnership agreement… Read More
For the better part of a decade, the Mississippi River seemed to be stuck on flood, with 2011 one of the worst floods on record and 2019 the longest. But… Read More
For the first time in 44 years, and only the second time since it first opened in 1963, the entire chamber at Old River Lock is dry, with a low… Read More
When Port of New Orleans President and CEO Brandy Christian approached the podium to deliver her annual “State of the Port” address September 29, she did so accompanied by the… Read More
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) alternate route between Morgan City, La., and the Port Allen Lock near Baton Rouge was closed to marine traffic September 17 and much of September… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District celebrated its three years under the leadership of Col. Stephen Murphy and the transfer of command to Col. Cullen Jones in a September 16 ceremony… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced September 15 the closing of a Federal Ship Financing Program (or Title XI) loan guarantee in the amount of just under… Read More
