Bill Leche, owner and operator of Metairie, La.-based Sun Protection Inc., has been shading the eyes of mariners for 48 years. His maritime focus is due to his… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
With the Carrollton Gage of the Mississippi River in New Orleans already above 14 feet, the Vicksburg Engineer District has announced that the district’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU)… Read More
The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) signed a concession agreement January 22 with AutoMOBILE International Terminal (AIT) for the operation of the Port of Mobile’s forthcoming automobile roll on/roll… Read More
Their story began in 1999. Austin Sperry, co-founder and chief operating officer of Maritime Partners, was just a “young kid” back then, living in Newport Beach, Calif. Read More
NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage was loaded onto the space agency’s Pegasus barge January 8 near NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La.,… Read More
Frank McCormack Great boats have great stories. Take my dad’s old Bass Tracker fishing boat from the ’90s, which went on a middle-of-the-night joy ride down the… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District announced January 9 the activation of its Phase I flood fight between Baton Rouge, La., and the mouth of the Mississippi River. Read More
For Raymond Butler, a simple answer to a question late last year led to the honor of a lifetime. Butler, new construction vessel representative for Maritime Partners LLC,… Read More
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, acting as trustee of the state’s Public Trust Lands, filed suit December 30 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River… Read More
“Steamboat a-coming!” The call echoed through Mr. Martin’s theater classroom at the upper campus of Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, La. Matt Hahne, vice president of USI Insurance Services,… Read More
