National Maritime Day is May 22, and the Port of New Orleans is making it a month-long celebration with its second annual Maritime Month. This year’s theme is “Your Working… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
On a quintessential spring day on the Gulf Coast late last month, Martin Marine employees, customers, vendors, friends and family members gathered in Galveston, Texas, to celebrate the christening of… Read More
The good times were rolling May 7 in New Orleans with the inauguration of the city’s new mayor, Latoya Cantrell—the first woman elected mayor in the city’s 300-year history. But… Read More
The J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, the formal name of the Red River Waterway, is the commercially navigable portion of the Red River that stretches from the Mississippi River to Shreveport,… Read More
The Port of Caddo-Bossier, located on the west bank of the Red River just below the city of Shreveport, La., has seen some exciting traffic over the past year thanks… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that Melbourne, Australia-based Syrah Resources has selected a site in Vidalia, La., across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Miss., for a new… Read More
Nine high school students and a teacher from a New Orleans-area high school got their sea legs last month aboard the Picton Castle, a 179-foot tall ship built in 1928. Read More
Laborde Products Inc., the Covington, La.-based engine supplier and diesel pump and generator builder for the marine and industrial markets, celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month with a classic… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Keh-Yen Lin, executive vice president of Taiwan-based Formosa Petrochemical Corporation, announced April 23 Formosa’s plans to build a $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex in… Read More
A dredge working in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Matagorda Bay and the Port O’Connor (Texas) Jetties struck a natural gas pipeline April 17, igniting gas from the pipeline… Read More
