Members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered around their respective computers and smart devices August 6 for the association’s 115th… Read More
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
As steady as the great western rivers of the United States that roll toward the Gulf of Mexico is the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), the nation’s No. 1 energy highway,… Read More
Mariners, dust off your charts from 2016 and get ready for a trip “down the mighty Mississip.” With the anticipated 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal… Read More
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 part… Read More
The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its official forecast for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November… Read More
C&C Marine & Repair, a Belle Chasse, La.-based full-service marine fabrication and repair shipyard located along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, announced May 20 the acquisition of a 35,000-square-foot fabrication building… Read More
The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) adopted a plan at its April 23 meeting for the economic revitalization and future development along the Inner… Read More
In 2020, New Orleans-based Turn Services, one of the largest independent barge fleeting and shifting companies in the United States, is marking 30 years operating on the Lower Mississippi River… Read More
Just four years ago, the site of the old Degussa Evonik carbon black plant in Rockport, Texas, was sitting idle, inactive for close to eight years. The 250-acre site, which… Read More
Work to replace armoring of the four gate bays of the sector gates at Calcasieu Lock on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) near Lake Charles, La., is nearing completion. The… Read More