One of North America’s biggest and most respected tug companies has formed a new division to expand its cargo-hauling services, both project cargoes and container on barge on the inland… Read More
Louisiana
Jim Fletcher, a longtime leader in the maritime industry and founder of Baton Rouge, La.-based Team Services LLC, retired from his full-time role with the company at the end of… Read More
The double whammy of Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Nicholas have slowed or halted grain exports from ports in Texas and Louisiana for the past two weeks. In its grain barge… Read More
Although the Delta Queen steamboat did not receive major structural damage from Hurricane Ida, the intense winds did cause some harm. In a social media post September 15, the Delta… Read More
Hurricane Ida made a pair of landfalls at Grand Isle and Port Fourchon in southeast Louisiana August 29 near midday as a strong Category 4 storm. Ida came ashore with… Read More
The U.S.S. Kidd, the World War II U.S. Navy destroyer that now serves as a museum on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., has been awarded a Tin Can… Read More
The Port of Iberia, located north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) along the central Louisiana coast, is soliciting bids for the Acadiana to the Gulf of Mexico Access Channel… Read More
Conrad Industries Inc., Morgan City, La., reported August 16 that its second-quarter net income was $8.6 million, or $1.71 per share. That compares with net income of $482,000 or $0.10… Read More
The Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District (Plaquemines Port) is one step closer to turning dirt on its proposed container terminal near Mile 50 on the right descending bank of… Read More
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) has announced the schedule for its annual low-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River. Four public meetings will be held aboard the mv. Mississippi in select towns… Read More
