New Orleans did not get its first Mississippi River bridge until the 1930s. For more than 100 years before that, though, engineers and amateurs had come up with New Orleans… Read More
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced earlier this month the conclusion of the agency’s investigation into a June 7, 2017, incident involving the breakaway of a moored crane… Read More
Alexis Marine, Belle Chasse, La., has awarded a supply contract to Thordon Bearings for the retrofitting of 6-inch diameter RiverTough bearings to the mv. Kristin Alexis, the 60-foot, twin-screw… Read More
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… Read More
Photo shows damage to Mardi Gras World after barge allision. (Photo by Frank McCormack) The good times were rolling May 7 in New Orleans with the inauguration… Read More
Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection Magazine, presented the audience at the annual Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) conference with an overview on ways ports… Read More
Crew members stow a sail aboard the tall ship Picton Castle as it’s docked in New Orleans April 22. (Photo by Frank McCormack) Nine high school students and… Read More
The Port of New Orleans was onto something when it named its annual commodities event the “Cargo Connections Conference.” From start to finish, the conference emphasized and reinforced the… Read More
The Globalplex Intermodal Terminal in 1996 … Earlier this month, the Port of South Louisiana, a 54-mile port district on both sides of the Mississippi River between New… Read More
The Port of New Orleans hosted its 10th annual Cargo Connections Conference last week, with shippers, ocean carriers and industry leaders gathering in New Orleans’ Warehouse District April… Read More


