In little more than a week, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has brought much of daily life in the United States to a halt as… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced a necessary 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock in New Orleans for emergency repairs to the… Read More
The Port of Caddo-Bossier, the northernmost port on the Red River Waterway in Northwest Louisiana, is celebrating a recent cargo-handling milestone. At the end of January, port officials offloaded… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a Marine Accident Brief February 26 detailing the agency’s investigation into the March 10, 2019, allision of the mv. Rivers Wilson and… Read More
Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie, La.-based owner of 400 towboats and barges on long-term charter, recently took delivery of the mv. Darrell Hiatt, its first of seven vessels from… Read More
The New Orleans chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) hosted a “Lunch & Learn” event March 4 featuring the Rev. Tom Rhoades, river chaplain with… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery, the educational outreach program of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sponsoring its popular Who Works the Rivers marine industry… Read More
River cruising in the United States has a long and storied history, from the endearing accounts of Mark Twain in the late 1800s to the fabled steamboat races… Read More
Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge held its annual dredge operators training course February 5 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Known as the “Dreducation Class,” the… Read More
Reserve, La.-based DSC Dredge held its annual dredge operators training course February 5 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. Known as the “Dreducation Class,”… Read More
