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SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

Phil Schifflin Jr. is the Seamen’s Church Institute’s director of the newly developed Center for Maritime Advocacy, housed in New Orleans, La. The center replaces the Center for Seafarer Rights, which was previously housed in Port Newark, N.J. The new center is designed to assist both brown-water and blue-water mariners. (Photo courtesy of Seamen's Church Institute)

SCI Promotes New Advocacy Center, Website

January 22, 2021

As it moves into 2021, the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) has repositioned its legal advocacy arm and updated its website to better serve brown-water mariners. Following the… Read More

Turn Services Completes Bayou Fleet Acquisition

January 18, 2021

Turn Services, a New Orleans-based provider of fleeting and towing services, has announced it has completed the acquisition of Bayou Fleet, located at Mile 125.5 on the Lower Mississippi… Read More

New Orleans Finally Puts New Ferries Into Service New Orleans’ Regional Transit Authority ferries finally went into service this fall after two years of delays. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

New Orleans’ Regional Transit Authority ferries finally went into service this fall after two years of delays. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

New Orleans Finally Puts New Ferries Into Service

December 18, 2020

While 2020 and the fear of COVID-19 brought, for a time, the unforgettable sight of empty streetcars rumbling down the streets of New Orleans, the year ended on… Read More

Brandy Christian Receives 2020 Bertel Award Port NOLA President and CEO and NOPB CEO Brandy Christian speaks at the C. Alvin Bertel Award ceremony at the annual World Trade Center event held November 18. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Port NOLA President and CEO and NOPB CEO Brandy Christian speaks at the C. Alvin Bertel Award ceremony at the annual World Trade Center event held November 18. (Photo courtesy of Port NOLA)

Brandy Christian Receives 2020 Bertel Award

November 20, 2020

Brandy Christian, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award… Read More

Hurricane Zeta Batters Southeast Louisiana

October 30, 2020

Hurricane Zeta made landfall close to 4 p.m. October 28 near the south Louisiana town of Cocodrie with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph., just short of reaching Category… Read More

Corps, Louisiana Sign Lower Mississippi River Deepening Agreement From left, Mississippi Valley Division Engineer Maj. Gen. Dianna Holland, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, and New Orleans District Engineer Col Stephen Murphy sign project partnership agreement July 31. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

From left, Mississippi Valley Division Engineer Maj. Gen. Dianna Holland, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, and New Orleans District Engineer Col Stephen Murphy sign project partnership agreement July 31. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps, Louisiana Sign Lower Mississippi River Deepening Agreement

August 7, 2020

Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana met in New Orleans July 31 to sign a project partnership agreement for deepening the… Read More

The Steamer Natchez No. 8 OBC

The Steamer Natchez No. 8

July 31, 2020

If you reside in New Orleans or have occasion to visit the fabled Crescent City, allow yourself ample time to follow the call of the calliope and take a leisurely… Read More

Smart Port Initiative Announced At Port Of New Orleans Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor speak at a news conference July 13 announcing a smart port initiative between the Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana Economic Development and the Port of New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of the Water Institute of the Gulf)

Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor speak at a news conference July 13 announcing a smart port initiative between the Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana Economic Development and the Port of New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of the Water Institute of the Gulf)

Smart Port Initiative Announced At Port Of New Orleans

July 22, 2020

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, along with representatives from the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and The Water Institute of the Gulf, gathered in… Read More

Steamboat Race Sesquicentennial An artist’s rendering of the Lee-Natchez race in 1870. (Keith Norrington collection)

Steamboat Race Sesquicentennial

July 6, 2020

There was grand excitement along the St. Louis levee 150 years ago when the steamer Rob’t. E. Lee triumphantly arrived on July 4, 1870, hours ahead of the Natchez… Read More

Wood Towing Christens Mv. Mike Mitchell The mv. Mike Mitchell moored at Hardrock Marine Services in Lafitte, La., May 12. The Mike Mitchell is the newest vessel in Wood Towing’s fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The mv. Mike Mitchell moored at Hardrock Marine Services in Lafitte, La., May 12. The Mike Mitchell is the newest vessel in Wood Towing’s fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Wood Towing Christens Mv. Mike Mitchell

June 5, 2020

When Mike Mitchell, captain aboard Wood Towing’s mv. Harold Ancar, heard the company was planning to add a new towing vessel to its fleet, he immediately requested to be… Read More