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Author: Frank McCormack

Enterprise Marine Honors Longtime Capt. Pierre Billiot The 3,000 hp. Pierre Billiot was built by Steiner Construction. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Enterprise Marine Honors Longtime Capt. Pierre Billiot

November 22, 2019

Enterprise Marine Services christened the mv. Pierre Billiot November 14 in a ceremony held at its Houma, La., headquarters. It was the fourth new vessel christened into the… Read More

Mike Hooks Completes Post-Flood Dredging On Tenn-Tom The Dredge E. Stroud at work on the Tenn-Tom. (photo courtesy of Corps of Engineers Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway_

Mike Hooks Completes Post-Flood Dredging On Tenn-Tom

November 18, 2019

The Mike Hooks dredge E. Stroud has finished dredging operations on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following historic late-winter flooding that left immense shoaling along the river. The February flooding… Read More

Maritime Partners Christens Mv. Ouizee The mv. Ouizee was built by John Bludworth Shipyard in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Photo courtesy of Maritime Partners)

Maritime Partners Christens Mv. Ouizee

November 15, 2019

Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie, La.-based owners of more than a combined 350 towboats and barges on long-term charter, christened the mv. Ouizee October 4 at John Bludworth Shipyard… Read More

Turn Services Expanding Vessel Fleets The mv. Justify went into service in April. (Photo courtesy of Turn Services)

Turn Services Expanding Vessel Fleets

November 15, 2019

New Orleans, La.-based Turn Services is in the midst of a major towboat fleet expansion, with three new vessels in service and three more soon to follow. Read More

Steamboat Adventure Ends With Moonshine The SS Thumpa-Southwind was built in Maine and outfitted in Michigan for the trip from Minneapolis to New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Maxime Berthou and Mark Pozlep)

Steamboat Adventure Ends With Moonshine

November 15, 2019

A steamboat, the Mississippi River and moonshine. While it could be the premise of an adventure novel set during Prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s, those three… Read More

Enterprise Christens Three Boats In Channelview Ceremony The three new boats in Enterprise Marine Products’ fleet are, from left, the Ralph C, Lee W and Ed S. (Photo by Enterprise Marine Services)

Enterprise Christens Three Boats In Channelview Ceremony

November 8, 2019

Without a doubt, the October 1 christening ceremony held at Enterprise Marine Services’ Channelview, Texas, fleeting facility was a celebration of the three new vessels joining the company’s growing… Read More

Corps, Congress Considering New Approach To Gulf Coast Dredging

November 8, 2019

Speaking to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee during an October 23 hearing, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, chief of engineers of the U.S. Army and commanding general of… Read More

Port Houston Leading Now While Also Looking To Future The sunset paints the sky over the Houston Ship Channel and one of Port Houston’s container terminals. (Photo courtesy of Port Houston)

Port Houston Leading Now While Also Looking To Future

November 1, 2019

Port Houston is a sprawling port complex located on the strategic Houston Ship Channel, a waterway dating to 1914 that connects the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,… Read More

Law Valve Of Texas Unveils New Pump Test Facility ERL/Law Valve of Texas’ new pump test system. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Law Valve Of Texas Unveils New Pump Test Facility

November 1, 2019

ERL/Law Valve of Texas hosted its annual open house October 24 at the company’s headquarters in Channelview, Texas. The popular event each year welcomes customers, vendors and industry representatives… Read More

Coast Guard Team Discovers ‘Blast From The Past’ 12-pound Bormann artillery shell dates back to Civil War.

Coast Guard Team Discovers ‘Blast From The Past’

November 1, 2019

On October 23, Chief Petty Officer Jeremy Shaffer and the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans were working on the west bank of the Lower Mississippi River… Read More

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