David Wiley’s lifelong passion started in a familiar way: he picked it up from his father. “I grew up working on mechanic stuff with my dad,” Wiley said. “I like… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of dredging services, announced this month a whopping $261.3 million in new contract awards. The largest share of that… Read More
Louisiana communities have a reputation for pulling together in support of one another following hurricanes and other disasters that impact the state, and the state’s ports are doing the same… Read More
In early August, the New Orleans Engineer District released the final version of the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity (LPV) and the West Bank & Vicinity (WBV) General Re-evaluation Reports, which… Read More
When Austin Sperry and Bick Brooks co-founded Maritime Partners in 2015, the pair had a plan to build a “world class maritime leasing business.” But there was one problem: they… Read More
In early August, the New Orleans Engineer District released the final version of the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity (LPV) and the West Bank & Vicinity (WBV) General Re-evaluation Reports, which… Read More
Hurricane Ida made a pair of landfalls at Grand Isle and Port Fourchon in southeast Louisiana August 29 near midday as a strong Category 4 storm. Ida came ashore with… Read More
After 14 years at the helm of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), Larry Merrihew has retired as president of the organization, effective August 1. And yet association members and waterway… Read More
Friends, family members and colleagues of Jared Phillips, director of business operations at Parker Towing Company, gathered at the company’s dock on the right descending bank of the Black Warrior… Read More
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council held its 39th annual conference August 11–13 in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. More than 275 registrants and guests attended… Read More
