The start of the deepening project in the Lower Mississippi River is big news for river commerce. It will bring the working depths of the LMR up to par with… Read More
Louisiana
Less than six weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana signed the project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton… Read More
Members of the Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group family, who incurred almost a direct hit from Hurricane Michael in October 2018 when the storm made landfall at Mexico Beach,… Read More
Just a week after Hurricane Laura made landfall near Cameron, La., south of Lake Charles and near where the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) crosses the Calcasieu Ship Channel, waterway managers… Read More
At this writing, Hurricane Laura, the strongest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year, has weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph., after making… Read More
Hurricane Laura made landfall about 1 a.m. August 27 near Cameron, La., a small community located on the southwest Louisiana coast where the Calcasieu Ship Channel meets the Gulf of… Read More
With the help and support of some river veterans, the executive director of a Twin Cities nonprofit that helps families facing medical crises hopes to raise money by floating down… Read More
Conrad Industries Inc. reported August 14 that it had net earnings of $482,000 or 10 cents per share for the second quarter. A year ago, the company reported a net… Read More
The American Waterways Operators’ Tankering & Barge Operations Subcommittee presented its inaugural safety award to CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s Lake Charles, La., marine department and facility on August 11. The department received the… Read More
The Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District announced August 13 the signing of an “exclusive letter of intent” with “several potential partners” that could result in construction of a new… Read More
