About a year and a half ago, upon completion of its new master plan, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) launched an effort to craft a long-term… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
As steady as the great western rivers of the United States that roll toward the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), the nation’s No. 1 energy… Read More
There’s a new executive at the helm of one of the major deepwater seaports that connect with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. John Driscoll began as the CEO of the… Read More
Mariners, dust off your charts from 2016 and get ready for a trip “down the mighty Mississip.” With the anticipated 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a Marine Accident Brief June 16 detailing the March 7, 2019, allision between Kirby Inland Marine’s mv. Leviticus and its tow and… Read More
The Bonnet Carré Spillway, the southernmost flood control structure on the Mississippi River, is designed to divert up to 250,000 cubic feet per second (cfs.) of river water northward to… Read More
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a phased implementation of Tier 4 requirements for new marine engines above 800 hp. in 2008, one of the anxieties that arose… Read More
The Port of New Orleans hosted a memorial service June 30 in honor of friends, family members and maritime community colleagues who have died due to COVID-19, the… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group, based in The Netherlands with 36 shipbuilding and repair yards around the world, has announced completion of its first Electric Cutter Suction Dredger (ECSD) 650. The… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District is set to close Jamie Whitten Lock, located at Mile 411.9 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, for the month of July for a dewatering and repairs to… Read More
