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… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
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… 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… 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… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council hosted the 37th annual World Trade & Transport Conference (WTTC) in New Orleans, La., February 28. For the third year, The Coal… Read More
RiverWorks Discovery brought its popular Who Works the Rivers (WWR) maritime career discovery day to Vicksburg, Miss., February 28. The event attracted more than 150 area high school students… Read More
A towing vessel sank on the Lower Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., March 14, making it the second week in a row a vessel has gone down due to… Read More
The year is 1967. Teledyne Corporation has just acquired Berwick, La.-based Sewart Seacraft, a shipyard known best for its military patrol craft. Part of the acquisition was the shipyard’s… Read More
For small shipyards—defined as those with fewer than 1,200 employees and involved primarily in the repair and construction of commercial vessels—time is fast running out for pursuing funds through… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard received word around 3 p.m. March 7 that the mv. St. Rita, a towboat owned and operated by Marquette Transportation Company, sank on the right descending… Read More
