Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC), the oldest and largest tankerman service in the country, is in the midst of celebrating two company milestones—having no recordable spills or injuries within its tankerman… Read More
Louisiana
The Port of Morgan City, located at the intersection of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and the Atchafalaya River, sits at a prime location for waterborne commerce. Vessels traveling between… Read More
More than 100 years ago, there was a waterways transportation company that brought innovations in freight- and material-handling, expediting and dispatching to the ports of New Orleans, Galveston, Houston and… Read More
Earlier this month, the Port of South Louisiana, a 54-mile port district on both sides of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, celebrated 25 years of operations… Read More
Hydra Force LLC, a hydraulics equipment manufacturer based in Belle Chasse, La., has developed a new rudder angle indicator for the marine industry. The new product has been in the… Read More
Nearly 150 high schoolers gathered at the Port of New Orleans March 28 for RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works the Rivers maritime career discovery day. The free event, which drew students… Read More
Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta and coast have made headlines of late, thanks to a pair of studies that examine flooding and coastal erosion, a state-issued coastal quarantine and the recently-announced… Read More
Originally a rafter, the Silver Crescent was built at Clinton, Iowa, in 1882. Constructed on a wooden hull that measured 123.3 feet in length by 22.9 feet in width, the… Read More
The National WWII Museum broke ground March 28 on what museum officials believe will become an iconic landmark, not only for the museum’s campus, but also for the entire city… Read More
Despite reporting losses for both 2017 and the fourth quarter of the year, Conrad Industries Inc. said new orders in the first quarter of 2018 positioned it well for long-term… Read More
