The New Orleans Propeller Club’s annual Maritime Person of the Year Gala is always a lively collection of industry leaders gathered to celebrate the life and career of one of… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
His first day on the job working at Cooper’s Darrow Fleet, Mario Muñoz was scared to death. It was the late 1990s and Muñoz, a college kid and native New… Read More
Larry A. Greene, former vice president of sales for shipbuilder Dravo Corporation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died August 15, at the age of 81. A native of… Read More
Ports, terminals and shipyards near Panama City, Fla., where Hurricane Michael made landfall October 10 as a Category 4 storm, are continuing to assess damages, make contact with employees and… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Nola) has been making cruise headlines this past month with the maiden voyage of what the port deemed the country’s “first modern riverboat” and the… Read More
The Sunshine Bridge over the Lower Mississippi River, located in St. James Parish, La., between Welcome and Burnside, remained closed to vehicles last week after being struck October 12 by… Read More
The second annual Maritime Throwdown rocked the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La., October 13, with a total of 14 mariners from as far as West Virginia competing in a… Read More
For nearly 30 years, Turn Services, the New Orleans-based fleeting and shifting company with operations from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf and along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, has built… Read More
Hurricane Michael made landfall around midday October 10 at Mexico Beach, Fla., just east of Panama City. With sustained winds near 155 mph. at landfall, Michael was the most powerful… Read More
Mariners on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway east of Houston last week might have caught a glimpse of a towboat that’s not only new to the waterway but also marks a… Read More
