In response to a rapid rise in the Lower Mississippi River following heavy rains both regionally and upriver, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began operating the Bonnet Carré Spillway… Read More
New Orleans Engineer District
With the Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans, La., beginning a slow fall, the New Orleans Engineer District began closing bays at the Bonnet Carré Spillway March… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District will begin opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway at 10 a.m. on February 27, to divert a portion of the Lower Mississippi River’s flow into Lake… 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
As the sun set August 9 over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and Calcasieu Lock in Lake Charles, La., the construction crew working to replace the lock’s south guide wall… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced the most up-to-date closure schedules for three locks on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in South Louisiana. Bayou Boeuf Lock, which recently had its… Read More
Bear Industries, a manufacturer in Iberville Parish, La., has applied to the New Orleans Engineer District for a permit to modify its existing dock facility near St. Gabriel, La., at… Read More
Operators on the Louisiana stretch of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) will have a trio of partial or total lock closures to deal with in late summer and fall, with… Read More
Pilots from two state pilot associations said they have not seen any reduction in the number of foreign ship calls on the Lower Mississippi River since the Trump administration began… Read More
Included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which was signed into law February 9, is $17.398 billion set aside for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund a… Read More
