Top photo (click photo to enlarge): Detail of a c. 1752 French map of Louisiana showing Bayouc du Mardi-gras as well as “Piaquemines” Bend. The map also labels the delta… Read More
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The tows of two towboats, one heading northbound and the other southbound on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans, La., collided February 13 and led to a breakaway, a… Read More
Kelly Phillips, the now-famous captain of the houseboat “Shameless” who began his Mississippi River odyssey in March 2017 in Prairie du Chien, Wis., after being given just three months to… Read More
Basin Fleeting Inc., which operates a fleet at Mile 97.5 WHL on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near its confluence with the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, La., recently acquired the mv. Read More
The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (MVTTC) will hold the 37th annual World Trade & Transport Conference in New Orleans, La., February 26–28 at the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel,… Read More
The Port of New Orleans has announced it set a new record in 2018 for container handling, with 591,253 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) moved at its Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal… Read More
Kirby Corporation announced January 31 that it has signed an agreement to purchase the marine transportation fleet of Cenac Marine Services LLC. The purchase price is approximately $244 million in… Read More
National law firm Wilson Elser recently announced that the maritime and marine environmental practice group from New Orleans-based law firm Fowler Rodriguez, led by partners Antonio Rodriguez, Jake Rodriguez and… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced changes to the closure plan for repairs to the Harvey Canal Sector Gate. The gate was originally planned to be closed from 6… Read More
Main Iron Works owner Arlen “Benny” Cenac Jr. recently announced completion of the first of three 2,680 hp. towboats the shipyard is building for Kirby Inland Marine. The vessel, named… Read More
