The public comment period is underway for permits related to a project that would develop a new grain elevator and terminal on a 248-acre site on the right… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
On a cold February evening—frigid by New Orleans’ standards—the mv. Jared Phillips, the newest vessel in Parker Towing Company’s fleet, motored through the Harvey Canal, down the Mississippi River… Read More
A family of six—two parents and four children—were traveling in their 17-foot pleasure craft February 26 near the St. May’s jetties, just offshore of the border between the east… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a serious blow to in-person meetings of all kinds, including RiverWorks Discovery’s popular career discovery event, Who Works The Rivers (WWTR). Before the… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its Marine Accident Brief detailing a March 15, 2020, incident that involved the mv. Cooperative Spirit, part of ADM ARTCO’s river… Read More
Members of the LeBeouf Bros. Towing family gathered February 6 to christen the mv. Miss Andrea, named after the company’s longest-tenured employee, Andrea Joseph. Joseph joined LeBeouf Towing… Read More
Global Maritime Ministries (GMM), a New Orleans-based organization that serves seafarers and inland mariners who call on ports in southeast Louisiana, along with the region’s broader maritime community,… Read More
Thirty years ago, Ray Bergeron stopped by the office of The Waterways Journal to explain his new clamshell bucket design. Two years earlier, in 1989, Bergeron had noticed how… Read More
The teeth-rattling cold weather that blew through the South almost two weeks ago was highly unusual, and it showed, particularly in its effects on the power grid. Texas,… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its Marine Accident Report detailing the October 8, 2019, engineroom fire aboard the mv. Susan Lynn near Lafitte, La., along the… Read More
