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
Louisiana
For 123 days this year, the Mississippi River’s flood waters roared through the Bonnet Carré Spillway, located in Norco, La., close to 30 miles upriver from New Orleans. At its… Read More
Team Services LLC, the Baton Rouge, La.-based inland marine tankerman company with a network of licensed tankermen serving facilities all along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Lower Mississippi River,… Read More
After reopening its idle barge manufacturing operations earlier this year, Arcosa Marine’s Madisonville, La., facility launched its first barge on July 25 to a welcoming crowd from the banks of… Read More
Tied up on the Lower Mississippi River just below New Orleans, La., are two brand new, never-in-service passenger ferries planned to transport residents and tourists in the Big Easy between… Read More
Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City has started production on a second 6,000 hp. inland towboat designed by MiNO Marine of New Orleans. The Subchapter M-compliant vessel measures 166 by 49… Read More
Only nine months ago, C&C Marine & Repair, the Belle Chasse, La.-based shipyard located on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between the Harvey Canal and Algiers Lock, opened its groundbreaking robotic… Read More
Avondale Marine LLC is proposing to extend its barge fleeting area in Jefferson Parish, La. According to a permit application filed with the New Orleans Engineer District, the project site… Read More
Shell Chemicals LP of Baton Rouge, La., has applied to the New Orleans Engineer District for a permit to build a facility for manufacturing monoethylene glycol on the left bank… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has begun the long-awaited closure of the Bonnet Carré Spillway. The flood control structure, located about 33 miles upriver from New Orleans, La., diverts water… Read More
