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Corps, Plaquemines Parish Leaders Sign Agreement For Baptiste Collette Deepening

October 3, 2022

Then-New Orleans Engineer District Commander Col. Stephen Murphy met with Plaquemines Parish President Kirk Lepine and Plaquemines Port Director Sandy Sanders on September 12 to sign the project partnership agreement… Read More

NOLA District Command Passes From Col. Murphy To Col. Jones Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Mark Wingate, deputy district engineer for programs and project management, and new commander Col. Cullen Jones applaud outgoing district commander Col. Stephen Murphy, seated. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Mark Wingate, deputy district engineer for programs and project management, and new commander Col. Cullen Jones applaud outgoing district commander Col. Stephen Murphy, seated. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

NOLA District Command Passes From Col. Murphy To Col. Jones

September 23, 2022

The New Orleans Engineer District celebrated its three years under the leadership of Col. Stephen Murphy and the transfer of command to Col. Cullen Jones in a September 16 ceremony… Read More

Lock Closures Will Affect Red, Ouachita Rivers

August 26, 2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will embark on a pair of simultaneous lock closures August 30 when the Vicksburg District begins maintenance at Lindy C. Boggs Lock and the… Read More

‘Team Mississippi’ Celebrates Channel Deepening Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition, takes off his shirt to reveal a New Orleans Saints' jersey with the number 50, signifying the newly achieved 50-foot depth for the Mississippi River Ship Channel to New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Sean Duffy, executive director of the Big River Coalition, takes off his shirt to reveal a New Orleans Saints' jersey with the number 50, signifying the newly achieved 50-foot depth for the Mississippi River Ship Channel to New Orleans. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

‘Team Mississippi’ Celebrates Channel Deepening

August 19, 2022

The Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Lake Itaska to where its passes stretch into the Gulf of Mexico like a taloned bird’s foot, has played a leading role in… Read More

Chief’s Report Signed For Louisiana South Central Coast Project

July 5, 2022

Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the Corps of Engineers, on June 29 signed the Chief of Engineers Report for the South Central Coast, Louisiana project, specifying the recommended… Read More

Morgan City Port Celebrates Innovative Dredge, Reopening Of Atchafalaya River Dredge Arulaq has reopened Morgan City Port to deep-draft shipping. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Dredge Arulaq has reopened Morgan City Port to deep-draft shipping. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Morgan City Port Celebrates Innovative Dredge, Reopening Of Atchafalaya River

June 17, 2022

Stakeholder companies and state, local and regional officials gathered in Morgan City, La., June 7 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the Atchafalaya River to deep-draft navigation. Read More

Old River Lock Closure Pushed To August 30

June 10, 2022

Col. Stephen Murphy, commander of the New Orleans Engineer District, officially announced June 8 his decision to push the pending closure of Old River Lock to August 30, two weeks… Read More

Ceremony Marks Completion Of Hurricane Risk Reduction System —photo by Frank McCormack Blessey Marine Service’s mv. Capt. Gary E. Moss pushes a pair of tank barges westbound through the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier June 2. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

—photo by Frank McCormack Blessey Marine Service’s mv. Capt. Gary E. Moss pushes a pair of tank barges westbound through the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier June 2. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Ceremony Marks Completion Of Hurricane Risk Reduction System

June 3, 2022

Members of Congress, the governor, the mayor and other local elected officials, an assistant secretary of the Army, top leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal… Read More

Project Partnership Agreement Signed For Morganza Project From left at the signing ceremony are Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority; Col Stephen Murphy, New Orleans Engineer District commander; and Tony Alford, president of the Terrebonne Levee and & Conservation District board of commissioners.

From left at the signing ceremony are Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority; Col Stephen Murphy, New Orleans Engineer District commander; and Tony Alford, president of the Terrebonne Levee and & Conservation District board of commissioners.

Project Partnership Agreement Signed For Morganza Project

January 25, 2022

New Orleans Engineer District Commander Col. Stephen Murphy; Tony Alford, president of the Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District board of commissioners; and Chip Kline, chairman of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection &… Read More

‘Watch Change’ Highlights GICA Seminar Paul Dittman, left, and Jim Stark, both former Coast Guard captains, are the incoming and outgoing, respectively, presidents of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Paul Dittman, left, and Jim Stark, both former Coast Guard captains, are the incoming and outgoing, respectively, presidents of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

‘Watch Change’ Highlights GICA Seminar

August 13, 2021

After meeting virtually in 2020, members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered in New Orleans August 4–6 for the organization’s… Read More