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
New Orleans
After more than three months at the bottom of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, La., the mv. Natalie Jean was raised June 21 near the New Orleans General Anchorage,… Read More
A barge moored at Zito Fleet near Mile 105 on the Lower Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, La., just downriver from the Huey P. Long Bridge, caught fire June 24,… Read More
New Orleans has a new captain of the port following a June 15 change of command ceremony held at the Port of New Orleans’ Julia Street Cruise Terminal during which… Read More
New Orleans did not get its first Mississippi River bridge until the 1930s. For more than 100 years before that, though, engineers and amateurs had come up with New Orleans… Read More
The state of Louisiana announced earlier this month a plan to replace the leaky-yet-venerable Belle Chasse Tunnel and Perez Bridge, which both span the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on Highway 23… Read More
Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Count Fleet, Assault, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, American Pharoah—and now, as of June 9, Justify. In the world of thoroughbred horse… Read More
Harvey Gulf International Marine, the New Orleans, La.-based marine transportation company that operates a fleet of about 60 offshore supply vessels serving the deepwater oil and gas industry, announced May… Read More
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1—less than two weeks from now—and runs through November 30. Although the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has yet to release its… 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
