The New Orleans Engineer District has awarded a $17.3 million firm-fixed-price contract to Covington, La.-based Weeks Marine LLC for a fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge to work near the… Read More
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As with the last column, a photo shared by a friend recently stirred many memories. It was of a vessel headed to a final resting place after a long career… Read More
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters announced May 1 that the Department of Homeland Security has approved full production of the first of its Polar Security Cutters (PSC). Additionally, low-rate initial… Read More
Rising water on the Lower Mississippi River has triggered the New Orleans Engineer District to activate its Phase II flood fight, with the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans reading 15.6… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has released its environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for its plan of action to reduce flows from the Mississippi River… Read More
One of my favorite quotes about the passage of time is from the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” “Life moves pretty fast,” Bueller says. “If you don’t stop and look… Read More
Issues surrounding fleeting contracts and liability in unusual events were examined during a panel session at the 41st annual River and Marine Industry Seminar in New Orleans. The Greater New… Read More
High water from heavy rains in the mid-Mississippi Valley area in early April reached the Lower Mississippi River in the second week of the month, triggering navigation restrictions along the… Read More
As barge and fleeting interests in New Orleans braced themselves for the flood of high water that was moving downriver, attendees at the 41st annual River and Marine Industry Seminar… Read More
The second panel at the recently concluded River and Marine Industry Seminar, hosted by the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association, featured a wide-ranging discussion on technologies affecting the inland… Read More
