Mayors of the Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative (MRCTI) gathered last week with federal officials and industry leaders to take stock of drought impacts unfolding in the Mississippi River… Read More
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Walter E. Blessey Jr. was honored October 8 as the 2022 Maritime Person of the Year at the 88th Annual Gala of the New Orleans Propeller Club at the… Read More
Maritime Partners, a New Orleans-based maritime leasing and financing company, held a christening ceremony October 7 in Bayou La Batre, Ala., for the mv. Eric Livingston, a 3,400… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) met virtually October 18 to discuss its pending report on the April 13, 2021, capsizing of the liftboat Seacor Power off the coast… Read More
Two veteran Wood Towing captains will always remember the 21st day of September, after the company held a christening ceremony on that day last month to celebrate their leadership… Read More
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the receipt of eight dredging contracts totaling more than $143 million, with an additional $102.9 million in options… Read More
The extreme drought impacting the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee river valleys continues to translate into troublesome low water conditions—and in some places record lows—on the Western Rivers, with draft… Read More
Collecting near-miss reports is an essential part of a safety management system (SMS). Michael Breslin A near-miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury… Read More
With the Lower Mississippi River languishing at around 3 feet at the Carrollton Gage and with salt water creeping up from the Gulf of Mexico, the New Orleans… Read More
In the years 1867 and 1868, a tax was levied against the residents of Paducah, Ky., in order to satisfy a judgment obtained by the owners of the packet… Read More
