The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) will host the three-day National Waterways Conference (NWC) 2018 Annual Meeting, from September 12 to 14 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Amid… Read More
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced $4,872,000 in grants to six Marine Highway projects on August 8. The funding, provided by the Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) Marine Highway program,… Read More
Later this month, the World Trade Center of New Orleans will present its annual C. Alvin Bertel Award to William T. “Bill” Bergeron, CEO of Bergeron Resources LLC & Affiliated… 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
National Maritime Day is May 22, and the Port of New Orleans is making it a month-long celebration with its second annual Maritime Month. This year’s theme is “Your Working… Read More
Within the last two weeks, the Port of New Orleans has announced a pair of new services, one by water and the other by rail. SeaLand, the Maersk Group’s regional… Read More
The Port of New Orleans was onto something when it named its annual commodities event the “Cargo Connections Conference.” From start to finish, the conference emphasized and reinforced the idea… Read More
The Port of New Orleans this month received an Environmental Leadership Award from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for implementation of its Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program (Clean TRIP),… Read More
Nearly 150 high schoolers gathered at the Port of New Orleans March 28 for RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works the Rivers maritime career discovery day. The free event, which drew students… Read More
The Port of New Orleans hosted its 10th annual Cargo Connections Conference last week, with shippers, ocean carriers and industry leaders gathering in New Orleans’ Warehouse District April 8–10 to… Read More
