The Port of New Orleans hosted its 10th annual Cargo Connections Conference last week, with shippers, ocean carriers and industry leaders gathering in New Orleans’ Warehouse District April 8–10 to… Read More
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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
Waterway stakeholders converged on the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, La., March 20–21 for the annual Inland Waterways Conference, which focused on topics ranging from winter/spring high water, economic… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a barge breakaway in New Orleans March 25 near Mile 93 on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi River. According to the Coast… Read More
When we think of valiant fighting vessels, a humble 500-foot-long drydock might not come to mind. But for almost a hundred years, the U.S. Navy had just that, a turn-of-the-century… Read More
The Lower Mississippi River remained dangerously high last week, with the Carrollton gage in New Orleans hovering at about 16.5 feet. But the river stage and flow rate through the… Read More
About 9:40 a.m. March 12, the mv. Natalie Jean, a 64- by 26-foot towboat, sank in the Lower Mississippi River at about Mile 90.5 in the New Orleans General Anchorage,… Read More
William H. Langenstein III, a partner at the New Orleans-based Chaffe McCall law firm, was sworn in February 22 as the newest member of the board of commissioners of the… Read More
The 2018 Inland Waterways Conference will be held at the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans’ French Quarter March 19–21. Sponsored by Maritime Meetings, the conference will feature speakers from the… Read More
Capt. Emile Dominique of SCF Marine was born in New Orleans and grew up in Donaldsonville, La. He told The Waterways Journal, “I’ve seen towboats going up and down the… Read More
