Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) partially reopened the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River December 1, with one lane open in each direction while repairs continue. The bridge… Read More
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A pair of smaller Louisiana waterways—the Houma Navigation Canal and bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black—will receive additional dredging funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ fiscal year 2019 work… Read More
Weeks Marine’s new $60 million cutter suction dredge, the JS Chatry, under construction at C&C Marine & Repair in Belle Chasse, La., reached a major milestone November 27 when the… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, alongside officials from Yantai, China-based Wanhua Chemical Group Company Ltd., announced November 16 the company will build a $1.25 billion chemical manufacturing complex in Convent,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on October 30 awarded a single award task order contract to Alaska-based Brice Civil Constructors Inc. to dredge the last 12 miles of the… Read More
C-Innovation LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has opened a new dock facility in Port Fourchon, La., to expand the capabilities of… Read More
Shipbuilder Metal Shark announced November 12 that both new 105-foot, 150-passenger, high-speed aluminum catamaran passenger ferries constructed for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) have been completed and are… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., delivered the Terrell Horne, the 31st Fast Response Cutter (FRC), to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on October 25 in Key West,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Morgan City, La.-based Conrad Shipyard a $9.89 million firm-fixed-price contract to build a backup wicket lifter for Olmsted Locks and Dam on… Read More
Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc. broke ground November 2 on what will become a food processing, storage and distribution complex on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish,… Read More
