Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that Melbourne, Australia-based Syrah Resources has selected a site in Vidalia, La., across the Mississippi River from Natchez, Miss., for a… Read More
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The 2,000 hp. mv. Captain Brantley was built by Halimar Shipyard. Brantley Roques Central Boat Rentals Inc., a marine transportation firm based in Berwick, La., has put… Read More
Crew members stow a sail aboard the tall ship Picton Castle as it’s docked in New Orleans April 22. (Photo by Frank McCormack) Nine high school students and… Read More
Laborde Products Inc., the Covington, La.-based engine supplier and diesel pump and generator builder for the marine and industrial markets, celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month with a… Read More
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) announced in April that the federal government will allocate an additional $1.213 billion in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for… Read More
This week at the Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT) conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Anthony Hauer, port director of the Port of Natchez, Miss., will hand over his reins… Read More
Massman Construction Company, a heavy civil and marine contractor headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., recently completed the construction of a new dock facility for Pin Oak Terminal at Mile… Read More
Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), the oldest and largest tankerman service in the country, is in the midst of celebrating two company milestones—having no recordable spills or injuries within its… Read More
Demonstration project in 2016 showed that agitating the channel could produce adequate depths for navigation. (File photo by Frank McCormack) The Port of Morgan City, located at the… Read More
Morgan Line steamships at the Algiers landing prior to 1895. More than 100 years ago, there was a waterways transportation company that brought innovations in freight- and… Read More