Mariners and anglers lucky enough to have visited the Chandeleur Sound by way of Baptiste Collette late this summer likely beheld an island of avian wonder as they left the… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Hurricane Sally made landfall in the early morning hours September 16 near Gulf Shores, Ala., as a Category 2 storm. Remarkably, Sally made landfall 16 years to the day—almost to… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released its marine accident brief detailing the investigation into the June 8, 2019, collision between the bulk cargo ship Century Queen and the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Mississippi River mainline levees (MRL) that make up the Mississippi River and Tributaries… Read More
Just a week after Hurricane Laura made landfall near Cameron, La., south of Lake Charles and near where the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) crosses the Calcasieu Ship Channel, waterway managers… Read More
Despite months of restrictions related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the maritime industry has soldiered on, transporting the cargoes that feed and fuel the nation and… Read More
Hurricane Laura made landfall about 1 a.m. August 27 near Cameron, La., a small community located on the southwest Louisiana coast where the Calcasieu Ship Channel meets the Gulf of… Read More
Four crew members died and others were injured August 21 aboard the cutterhead dredge Waymon L. Boyd in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel when the vessel, part of Houston-based Orion… Read More
When Johnny Holt and his wife, Connie, got married in December 1986, he was a painter and she was studying to be a nurse. They’d been sweethearts since they were… Read More
Ronald Breaux grew up in Bridge City, La., a small community located on the west bank of the Mississippi River and named for its proximity to the Huey P. Long… Read More
