The New Orleans Engineer District will begin a 60-day closure at Algiers Lock on October 2 to repair damage incurred in a July 4 allision. On Independence Day, a towing… Read More
Paul Dittman
Hurricane Idalia, the ninth named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall August 29 near Keaton Beach, Fla., in the state’s Big Bend area, with maximum sustained winds… Read More
As the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) points out on its website, the association was formed in 1905, decades before there was even an identified body of water or waterway… Read More
Communication and partnerships. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) stakeholders would agree those are two words that have defined the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) for years. And in his two years… Read More
The Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA), the trade organization representing stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), will hold its annual seminar July 26–28 in New Orleans. The event will… Read More
If the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is correct, then people named Sean, Tammy, Vince or Whitney can breathe a sigh of… Read More
One of the enduring outgrowths of Hurricane Katrina, at least as it relates to the ports and waterways, is the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team and the Joint… Read More
The state of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is proposing to build a freshwater diversion at Bayou Boeuf Lock in Morgan City near Mile 94 on the Gulf… Read More
After Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021, near Port Fourchon, La., the storm slowly churned inland over the coastal communities and marshes of Southeast Louisiana, eventually crossing the… Read More
Stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) will gather in New Orleans August 3–5 for the association’s 117th annual seminar. The… Read More
