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New Orleans’s Newest Resident Riverboat Debuts

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New Orleans’s Newest Resident Riverboat Debuts

December 20, 2019

On December 14 in New Orleans, near where Poydras Street meets the east bank of the Mississippi River, Hospitality Enterprises—the Crescent City-based tourism company whose brands include the Paddlewheeler Creole… Read More

Riverboat Louis Armstrong To Debut In November The Louis Armstrong, a jazz-themed excursion boat with a 2,500-passenger capacity, will begin cruising in New Orleans in November. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Louis Armstrong, a jazz-themed excursion boat with a 2,500-passenger capacity, will begin cruising in New Orleans in November. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Riverboat Louis Armstrong To Debut In November

October 9, 2019

The river cruise business is booming on the nation’s inland waterways, with the American Queen Steamboat Company putting a new vessel into service next year, the refurbishment of the famed… Read More

Bisso Tug Crew Honored For Assisting Creole Queen Coast Guard Capt. Kristi Luttrell presented a Certificate of Merit to the crew of the Z-drive ship assist tug Archie T. Higgins for assisting the Creole Queen when it lost power with 273 passengers on board. From left: mate Eric Burlette, Capt. Josh Sheffield, deckhand Jacob Toliver, Luttrell and engineer Ryan Harrison. (Photo by Capt. Richard Eberhardt)

Coast Guard Capt. Kristi Luttrell presented a Certificate of Merit to the crew of the Z-drive ship assist tug Archie T. Higgins for assisting the Creole Queen when it lost power with 273 passengers on board. From left: mate Eric Burlette, Capt. Josh Sheffield, deckhand Jacob Toliver, Luttrell and engineer Ryan Harrison. (Photo by Capt. Richard Eberhardt)

Bisso Tug Crew Honored For Assisting Creole Queen

September 30, 2019

Crew members on the Z-drive ship assist tug Archie T. Higgins each received a Coast Guard Certificate of Merit from Capt. Kristi Luttrell, Captain of the Port of New Orleans,… Read More