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
Author: Frank McCormack
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,… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
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… Read More
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… 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… 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… Read More
