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Morgan City

Coast Guard, NTSB Investigating Bridge Barge Allision The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board marine casualty investigators are investigating a December 23 barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge near Morgan City and Amelia, Louisiana, on Highway 182. (Courtesy of Cajun Drone Photography, Jim Pierce JR FAA 107 Certified Pilot)

Coast Guard, NTSB Investigating Bridge Barge Allision

January 10, 2022

Marine casualty investigators from the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a barge allision with the Bayou Ramos Bridge that happened December 23, 2021, at Amelia,… Read More

Conrad Industries Reports Second-Quarter Earnings, Backlog

August 23, 2021

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… Read More

Mississippi River Commission Sets Schedule For Public Meetings

August 4, 2021

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… Read More

Conrad Launches Drydock For Biblia New 500-ton drydock was designed by JMS Naval Architects.

Conrad Launches Drydock For Biblia

July 11, 2021

Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, La., has launched a 500-ton-capacity floating drydock for Biblia Marine Towing & Transportation of Savannah, Ga. The drydock was designed by JMS Naval Architects. Read More

Conrad Cuts Steel For GLDD Dump Scow Barges From left: Dan Gaiennie, GLDD director of new builds engineering; Earl Johnson, Conrad project manager; Ben Myers, GLDD project engineer; Brett Wolbrink, Conrad executive vice president and chief operating officer; and Robert Scully Jr., Conrad general manager.

Conrad Cuts Steel For GLDD Dump Scow Barges

June 4, 2021

Conrad Shipyard hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC June 2 at its shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. The steel is for three… Read More

Conrad Shipyard Holds Keel Laying Ceremony For GLDD Hopper Dredge Johnny Conrad with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungusser.

Conrad Shipyard Holds Keel Laying Ceremony For GLDD Hopper Dredge

May 4, 2021

Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard held a keel-laying ceremony April 16 for the 6,500-cubic-yard trailing suction hopper dredge the company is building for Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock… Read More

Conrad Delivers Deck Barge To Ashton Marine This 240- by 60- by 14-foot deck barge will operate throughout the Great Lakes for Ashton Marine.

Conrad Delivers Deck Barge To Ashton Marine

March 26, 2021

Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., announced March 24 it had  delivered a 240- by 60- by 14-foot deck barge to Ashton Marine LLC, a marine transportation company based… Read More

Conrad Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To Parker Towing One of two 30,000-barrel asphalt barges Conrad Industries built for Parker Towing Company. (Photo courtesy of Conrad Industries)

Conrad Delivers Two Asphalt Barges To Parker Towing

November 25, 2020

Conrad Shipyard has announced delivery of a pair of 30,000-barrel asphalt barges to Parker Towing Company of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Named the PTC 2001 and the PTC 2002, the double-skinned… Read More

Conrad Reports Third Quarter Loss, But Bigger Backlog

November 22, 2020

Conrad Industries Inc. reported November 16 a net loss of $3.6 million, or -72 cents per share, for the third quarter. That compares to net income of $938,000, or… Read More

Innovative Dredge Tackles Morgan City Bar Channel Fluff The vessel Captain John Graham tows the dredge Arulaq. The blue piping that is visible represents most of the dredge works. The fine silt sprays on the equipment, which means the deckhands are almost always constantly swabbing the dredge. (Photo courtesy of Brice Civil Contractors)

Innovative Dredge Tackles Morgan City Bar Channel Fluff

October 30, 2020

Almost six years have passed since the Port of Morgan City saw its last foreign-flagged ship call on the port. From late 2014 to early 2015, 22 ships called… Read More

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