The University of New Orleans (UNO) has announced that longtime Louisiana shipbuilder Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger has pledged $3 million to the university’s School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
The Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) is one step closer to turning dirt on its proposed container terminal near Mile 50 on the right descending bank of… Read More
After meeting virtually in 2020, members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered in New Orleans August 4–6 for the organization’s… Read More
Global Maritime Ministries (GMM), a New Orleans-based port ministry that serves international seafarers calling on terminals along the Lower Mississippi River, has named Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy Christian… Read More
Members of the World Trade Center of New Orleans and the Louisiana maritime community gathered June 30 to honor Paul Aucoin, executive director of the Port of South Louisiana and… Read More
Shortly after 9 p.m. August 4, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans announced that Coast Guard watchstanders, St. Mary Parish law enforcement officials and crew members from multiple good Samaritan vessels… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, buttressed by representatives from the state’s Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA), along with other federal, state and local officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony July… Read More
Last month, Jim Stark marked his 11th anniversary at the helm of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA), the trade organization that represents stakeholders and operators of the Gulf Intracoastal… Read More
The Houston office of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Companies has announced it has been awarded three port construction projects at sites on the Houston Ship Channel. Two of the three… Read More
Donjon-SMIT, the salvage contractor charged with raising the wrecked lift boat Seacor Power and transporting it ashore, successfully raised the bow section of the vessel July 10 and moved it… Read More
