On August 27 Orion Marine Group christened its newest dredge the Linda LaQuay in Port Lavaca Texas. The 15000 horsepower 24-inch cutter suction dredge with 75-foot digging depth is the largest in Orions fleet and one of the most powerful of its kind in the western Gulf of Mexico said Waymon Boyd vice chairman of King Fisher Marine Service. Read More

During an official ceremony Panama on June 18 Panama Canal Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemn Zubieta and Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary LaGrange signed a Memorandum of Understanding renewing a strategic alliance first initiated in 2003. Read More