The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock is nearing completion of a closure that started in early September to locate and address points of water intrusion that were causing scouring,… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association
Members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered around their respective computers and smart devices August 6 for the association’s 115th… Read More
As steady as the great western rivers of the United States that roll toward the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), the nation’s No. 1 energy highway,… Read More
Mariners, dust off your charts from 2016 and get ready for a trip “down the mighty Mississip.” With the anticipated 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal… Read More
Leaders from throughout the maritime industry, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, National Weather Service and commercial operators, will gather virtually May 26 for the 2020… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced a necessary 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock in New Orleans for emergency repairs to the 97-year-old… Read More
For Raymond Butler, a simple answer to a question late last year led to the honor of a lifetime. Butler, new construction vessel representative for Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie,… Read More
At the recent Waterways Symposium in Pittsburgh, Jim Stark, president of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, gave a cogent tour of serious issues facing the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. He singled… Read More
Charles Broussard, 94, former chairman of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, died on September 21. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, he created an… Read More
Brownwater University, a three-day, introductory educational conference aimed at bringing together newcomers to the maritime industry and members of the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in the Western Gulf of Mexico… Read More