The revenues of Mississippi River towns and cities, many dependent on tourism or seasonal events, have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic and its resurgence in recent weeks. Read More
Mississippi
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) and VT Halter Marine are poised to launch an apprenticeship program next month that will help college students gain valuable trade skills and experience… 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
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has joined a pair of lawsuits challenging the manner in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the Bonnet Carré Spillway, the southernmost flood… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers is receiving its first female commander: Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland, who was promoted to the post from her current position… Read More
Jim Newsom Ag Service Inc., dealing in salvaged grain, fertilizer and other agricultural products, has recently added a storage warehouse located in the Greenville, Miss., port complex at Lower Mississippi… Read More
Across the maritime industry, every company, agency, port or terminal has been impacted by efforts to “flatten the curve” of infections of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its marine accident brief February 27 detailing its investigation into a February 27, 2019, allision involving the mv. Chad Pregracke, part of Marquette… Read More
Nichols Boat Company, a boat and barge builder in Greenville, Miss., recently launched a 65-foot harbor boat for Ergon Marine & Industrial Supply Inc. (EMIS). A twin to the mv. Read More
The Rob’t. E. Lee was built at New Albany, Ind., in 1866, at what was known as the lower yard of Dewitt Hill. A wooden-hulled sidewheeler measuring 285 feet in… Read More
