The New Orleans Engineer District has announced a necessary 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock in New Orleans for emergency repairs to the 97-year-old… Read More
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The Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council and The Coal Institute held the annual World Trade & Transport Conference February 20 at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel in New Orleans’… Read More
The New Orleans Propeller Club recognized Brandy Christian, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans and chief executive of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation, as the… Read More
Turn Services, the New Orleans-based fleeting and shifting company that provides a variety of services to companies operating on the inland waterways of the United States, announced January 21 the… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District announced January 9 the activation of its Phase I flood fight between Baton Rouge, La., and the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Corps initiates… Read More
“Steamboat a-coming!” The call echoed through Mr. Martin’s theater classroom at the upper campus of Lusher Charter School in New Orleans, La. Matt Hahne, vice president of USI Insurance Services,… Read More
Residents of New Orleans—in particular the city’s Algiers neighborhood on the west bank of the Mississippi River—finally have regular ferry service once again between Algiers Point and the foot of… Read More
On December 14 in New Orleans, near where Poydras Street meets the east bank of the Mississippi River, Hospitality Enterprises—the Crescent City-based tourism company whose brands include the Paddlewheeler Creole… Read More
According to a pair of reports released December 9 and published in the Federal Register December 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing spending about $3.2 billion on… Read More
Maritime Throwdown (MTD), the industrial maritime line-handling and line-throwing skills competition, unveiled a new course at its New Orleans regional competition, held December 5 at the International Workboat Show. Built… Read More
