Note: This is an update of an earlier post that appeared on waterwaysjournal.net December 28, 2018. This update includes quotes from officials of Savage Inland Marine and Progressive Barge Line… Read More
New Orleans
Savage Inland Marine announced December 28 it has acquired the assets of Progressive Barge Line, one of the largest bunkering and tank barge operators in the Port of New Orleans. The deal… Read More
Decatur Marine Audit & Survey, the Dulles, Va.-based audit, survey and inspection provider, announced December 11 that the company has opened a new office location in New Orleans, La., with… Read More
Imtra, a manufacturer and importer of quality marine products, announced October 2 its ongoing support of members of the American Pilots Association. The company will be in attendance at this… 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
The New Orleans Engineer District announced today (November 2) that the agency has begun phase 1 flood fight measures now that the Mississippi River has risen above 11 feet at… Read More
The New Orleans Propeller Club’s annual Maritime Person of the Year Gala is always a lively collection of industry leaders gathered to celebrate the life and career of one of… Read More
Raymond “Randy” Eckstein Jr., of New Orleans, retired president and CEO of the Gulf-Inland Division of Marquette Transportation Company LLC, died October 17 of cancer in Houston, Texas. He was… Read More
His first day on the job working at Cooper’s Darrow Fleet, Mario Muñoz was scared to death. It was the late 1990s and Muñoz, a college kid and native New… Read More
The Port of New Orleans (Nola) has been making cruise headlines this past month with the maiden voyage of what the port deemed the country’s “first modern riverboat” and the… Read More
