Operators on the Louisiana stretch of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) will have a trio of partial or total lock closures to deal with in late summer and fall,… Read More
Author: Frank McCormack
The Corps of Engineers announced July 11 the closure to navigation of Columbia Lock on the Ouachita River until further notice. Less than a week prior, the Corps’… Read More
A year-and-a-half’s worth of reality has set in for operators on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway who move tows through Calcasieu Lock, located in Cameron Parish, La., just south of… Read More
Anyone passing St. Bernard Port Harbor & Terminal District’s Arabi Terminal last week might have seen a rarity for the area: a bright pink covered hopper barge alongside a… Read More
Stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway will gather in New Orleans, La., August 1–3 for the 113th annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA). As in years… Read More
In its annual safety awards luncheon held June 5 in New Orleans, La., the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) recognized the crew of Golding Barge Line’s mv. Read More
Later this month, the World Trade Center of New Orleans will present its annual C. Alvin Bertel Award to William T. “Bill” Bergeron, CEO of Bergeron Resources LLC &… Read More
After more than three months at the bottom of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, La., the mv. Natalie Jean was raised June 21 near the New Orleans General… Read More
A barge moored at Zito Fleet near Mile 105 on the Lower Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, La., just downriver from the Huey P. Long Bridge, caught fire June 24,… Read More
New Orleans has a new captain of the port following a June 15 change of command ceremony held at the Port of New Orleans’ Julia Street Cruise Terminal during which… Read More
