Washington, D.C. — Duplicate merchant mariner credentials (MMCs) may be issued free of charge to replace those lost or destroyed because of Hurricane Helene, the National Maritime Center (NMC)… Read More
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New Orleans-based port chaplaincy organization Global Maritime Ministries (GMM) hosted its annual Lighthouse Gala September 19 at the Audubon Tea Room, a banquet hall adjoining the city’s Audubon Zoo. Read More
The devastating high winds and torrential rainfalls of Hurricane Helene slammed into southeastern states, leaving more than 200 dead in six states reported so far. Helene made landfall September… Read More
For the third year in a row, the New Orleans Engineer District is overseeing construction of an underwater sill across the bed of the Mississippi River Ship Channel. The… Read More
The 74th annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA) may go down as one of the most celebratory, thanks to the May 16 reopening of Demopolis Lock in… Read More
The recently concluded 40th anniversary River and Marine Industry Seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association in New Orleans saw an appearance by former co-director Maurice Hebert,… Read More
Erston Reisch Jr. passed away on January 7 after a short illness. He was 83 years old. After serving in the Coast Guard as an engineman, Reisch attended… Read More
For more than three quarters of a century, the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) has deployed in low-water months anywhere from Cairo, Ill., to Head of… Read More
The 23rd River Bell Awards Luncheon, benefiting the Seamen’s Church Institute, attracted a record crowd of nearly 600 people, raising more than $500,000, also a new record. The… Read More
The year 2023 was another busy, productive but tumultuous one for the U.S. economy and the barge industry. The effects of the ongoing El Niño-Southern Oscillation whipsawed river levels… Read More
