At the annual Mississippi Restoration Summit held in Biloxi, Mississippi, Governor Phil Bryant announced a list of 15 restoration projects for 2019, which when implemented, will add more than $53… Read More
Louisiana
RiverWorks Discovery hosted a Who Works the Rivers maritime career discovery day November 20 in New Orleans, with a record number 210 local high school students participating. The… Read More
The barge hull of Callan Marine’s new cutterhead dredge General MacArthur was launched on November 6 at C&C Marine and Repair in Belle Chasse, La. Callan executives… Read More
Enterprise Marine Services christened the mv. Pierre Billiot November 14 in a ceremony held at its Houma, La., headquarters. It was the fourth new vessel christened into the… Read More
New Orleans, La.-based Turn Services is in the midst of a major towboat fleet expansion, with three new vessels in service and three more soon to follow. Read More
On October 23, Chief Petty Officer Jeremy Shaffer and the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team New Orleans were working on the west bank of the Lower Mississippi River… Read More
Bayou Steel, an arc mill steelmaker based in Louisiana, took its customers, creditors, and its home parish by surprise when it abruptly announced bankruptcy with no prior notice… Read More
Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC, Houma, La., has been awarded a $24,491,400 contract by the Philadelphia Engineer District to construct a specialty steel barge for the Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit… Read More
The Dominion Group is proposing a barge fleet in St. James Parish, on the right descending bank of the Mississippi River at Mile 165. The completed project will be… Read More
The Carline Company has applied to the New Orleans Engineer District for a permit to extend its barge fleet facility near Donaldsonville, La. The site is located on the… Read More
