A barge moored at Zito Fleet near Mile 105 on the Lower Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, La., just downriver from the Huey P. Long Bridge, caught fire June 24,… Read More
Louisiana
New Orleans has a new captain of the port following a June 15 change of command ceremony held at the Port of New Orleans’ Julia Street Cruise Terminal during which… Read More
New Orleans did not get its first Mississippi River bridge until the 1930s. For more than 100 years before that, though, engineers and amateurs had come up with New Orleans… Read More
The Corps of Engineers posted its FY2018 work plan June 7. The plan distributes the additional funding provided in the FY2018 omnibus bill and identifies new starts and feasibility studies… Read More
Ivy Marine, based in the Mobile, Ala., area, tackled a big job with a pair of smaller towboats earlier this month, when the company moved the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
The state of Louisiana announced earlier this month a plan to replace the leaky-yet-venerable Belle Chasse Tunnel and Perez Bridge, which both span the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway on Highway 23… Read More
Belle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine & Repair announced the expansion of its main shipyard on June 20. C&C has acquired another 1,000 linear feet of bulkhead to its existing yard,… Read More
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to Begin Sediment Diversion Project to Restore Wetlands
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is working with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and other natural resource agencies, to design two coastal restoration projects. The Mid-Barataria… Read More
Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Count Fleet, Assault, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, American Pharoah—and now, as of June 9, Justify. In the world of thoroughbred horse… Read More
Metal Shark, Jeanerette, La., announced June 11 that it has acquired the assets of Horizon Shipbuilding, Bayou la Batre, Ala. “We are thrilled to acquire the assets of Horizon, which… Read More
