PT-305, a “patrol torpedo” built by Higgins Industries in New Orleans that served in the European theater of World War II from 1944 to the end of the war,… Read More
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The recently reconstituted Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) held its 96th meeting April 20 in New Orleans, and learned, among other things, that completion of the Kentucky Lock Project… Read More
After a hiatus in 2021 due to COVID-19, the Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (MVTTC) is set to hold its annual conference again in 2022, this time marking… Read More
Harry Houdini sitting atop a cotton bale at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans. The steamboat J.S. is at the wharf. (Keith Norrington collection) Harry Houdini… Read More
The arrival of the Norwegian Breakaway on November 21 at the Port of New Orleans signaled the start of a big comeback for cruise ship operations. The Breakaway joins… Read More
By the early part of the 20th century, railroads had all but decimated river transportation, in particular barge towing. Other than certain trades, such as the steel industry in… Read More
Severe, unforecasted winds caused a containership to break away from a pier and damaged equipment at the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal in New Orleans on August 2, 2020, according… Read More
Shortly after 3 a.m. July 12, the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Jalma Topic lost control as it was northbound on the Lower Mississippi River just below Algiers Point. The ship careened… Read More
The schedule of events at the upcoming annual seminar of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA), to be held at the Westin Canal Place in New Orleans August 4–6, testifies… Read More
Argus Media, a London-based publisher of global commodity information and news, announced June 30 that it is establishing a new price report for urea barge shipments in New Orleans. Read More
