The New Orleans Engineer District has released its environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for its plan of action to reduce flows from the Mississippi River… Read More
Southwest Pass
Captains, pilots and towboat crew members depend on the right tools to do their job safely and efficiently. Those tools include experience, mentors, safe and reliable equipment, training, communication with… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on September 19 announced the receipt of several dredging contract awards totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: • Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores… Read More
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of dredging services, announced this month a whopping $261.3 million in new contract awards. The largest share of that… Read More
Gnots Reserve Inc., a St. Rose, La.-based provider of fleeting and towing services on the Lower Mississippi River, has put a new towboat into service: the mv. Burrwood Wise. The… Read More
Louisiana now has at least three potential new terminals being explored for the Lower Mississippi River below New Orleans. The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners earlier this month… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the first contract to jumpstart the deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton Rouge, La., to the Gulf of Mexico… Read More
Mariners and anglers lucky enough to have visited the Chandeleur Sound by way of Baptiste Collette late this summer likely beheld an island of avian wonder as they left the… Read More
Plenty of people have a lifelong dream, but few go on to achieve it. As of August 8, Joey Cargol, a Gretna, La., resident and river pilot known on the… Read More
The 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans carried the theme “fresh water as a source of life.” It’s a maxim borne out over the years in south Louisiana by the… Read More
