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President Signs Bill Granting Exemption To Delta Queen The steamer Delta Queen has been moored in Houma, La., since 2015, awaiting renewal of its exemption. (WJ file photo by Frank McCormack)

The steamer Delta Queen has been moored in Houma, La., since 2015, awaiting renewal of its exemption. (WJ file photo by Frank McCormack)

President Signs Bill Granting Exemption To Delta Queen

December 7, 2018

December 4, 2018, will go down as one of the most significant dates ever for the 91-year-old Delta Queen Steamboat. That’s the date President Donald Trump signed into law… Read More

Maritime Legend Bill Bergeron Receives Bertel Award Bill Bergeron addresses the crowd gathered for the C. Alvin Bertel Award luncheon from his room at Ochsner Medical Center. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Bill Bergeron addresses the crowd gathered for the C. Alvin Bertel Award luncheon from his room at Ochsner Medical Center. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Maritime Legend Bill Bergeron Receives Bertel Award

July 27, 2018

Friends and family gathered July 25 at the InterContinental New Orleans Hotel to celebrate the 2018 recipient of the C. Alvin Bertel Award: William T. “Bill” Bergeron, renowned… Read More

Bergeron To Receive 2018 C. Alvin Bertel Award From New Orleans World Trade Center

July 13, 2018

Later this month, the World Trade Center of New Orleans will present its annual C. Alvin Bertel Award to William T. “Bill” Bergeron, CEO of Bergeron Resources LLC &… Read More

Army Vehicles Move By Barge Pushed by the mv. Graestone Express with assist from the mv. Lewis Reed, the flotilla goes under the Highway 68 Bridge on the Cumberland River.

Pushed by the mv. Graestone Express with assist from the mv. Lewis Reed, the flotilla goes under the Highway 68 Bridge on the Cumberland River.

Army Vehicles Move By Barge

February 26, 2018

A total of 780 military vehicles on 30 barges pushed by two towboats and an assist boat departed Fort Campbell, located at Clarksville, Tenn., February 12. The assortment of… Read More

Model Boat Builder Carries On Family Tradition

January 8, 2018

John Hand with his model of the Natchez. (Photo courtesy of John Hand) John Hand is a second-generation model boat builder. He learned the hobby from… Read More