Close to 250 maritime leaders gathered in Baton Rouge, La., April 23–25 for the annual conference of Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals Inc. (IRPT). The conference featured a wide range… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened the mv. T. Gary Fitts March 27 at the company’s dock on the west bank of the Black Warrior River. The vessel, formerly called… Read More
On April 9, the Traffic & Transportation Club of Greater New Orleans (TTCGNO) joined forces with the Delgado Community College Maritime & Industrial Training Center, KIPP New Orleans Schools and… Read More
A shuttered barge manufacturing yard in Madisonville, La., will soon reopen, with barge deliveries expected later this year, according to an April 10 announcement from Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards,… Read More
With a recently-announced $3.1 million America’s Marine Highway Program grant, the ports of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and Greater Baton Rouge, along with operator SEACOR AMH, are continuing to garner… Read More
Close to two months after dramatic rains and runoff swept down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) and triggered navigation-halting shoals, the dredge working at Mile 357 on the waterway just below… Read More
Inland Rivers, Ports and Terminals Inc. (IRPT) will hold its annual conference April 23–25 in Baton Rouge, La., at the Raising Cane’s Convention Center, on the east bank of the… Read More
There’s light at the end of the dredge pipe for operators on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, with the Mike Hooks cutterhead dredge E. Stroud now on location and working at Aberdeen… Read More
The Port of South Louisiana may not have the name recognition of the ports of Houston, L.A./Long Beach or New York and New Jersey, but its significance to the economy… Read More
The New Orleans chapter of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) hosted a lunch & learn March 12 at the Jones Walker Law Firm in downtown New Orleans that… Read More
