Representatives from Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Cranford, N.J.-based Weeks Marine Inc. gathered at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard, near Panama City, Fla., June 17 for the launch of the trailing suction hopper… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Sean Duffy Sr., executive director of the Big River Coalition and executive vice president of the Louisiana Maritime Association, received this year’s C. Alvin Bertel Award in a June 24… Read More
Do you like spying Great Lake ships, or “lakers,” from the shore or tracking them on AIS? Do you keep track of what vessels visit any of the ports that… Read More
Willie Chauvin Jr., a longtime and beloved towboat captain and native of Marrero, La., died June 11 at his home in Loranger, La. He was 75. Chauvin was born August… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile held a change-of-command ceremony June 17, with Capt. Ulysses Mullins relieving Capt. LaDonn Allen as sector commander. Rear Adm. Richard Timme, commander of the… Read More
Ship watchers on the Great Lakes will soon see a brand-new “laker” underway when Interlake Steamship Company puts the forthcoming mv. Mark W. Barker to work. The Mark W. Barker,… Read More
Joe Starck is president of The Great Lakes Towing Company, a role he has held since January 2014. The Great Lakes Towing Company, commonly called “the Towing Company” across the… Read More
Officials from the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) are celebrating the commitment of $96.5 million for port-related projects from the 2022 regular session of the Louisiana State Legislature. The… Read More
Stakeholder companies and state, local and regional officials gathered in Morgan City, La., June 7 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the Atchafalaya River to deep-draft navigation. Read More
The Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association (Crescent) and the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA), the two associations charged with piloting ships on the Lower Mississippi River between Head… Read More
