NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Attorney James J. Carter will be sworn in as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) during its Oct. 21, board meeting. Appointed by Governor John Bel…
NEW ORLEANS — Local officials gathered last week to celebrate the completion of a project to restore the Municipal Yacht Harbor and build a new floating dock marina. “We continue to meet our residents where they are, and particularly those…
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather…
NEW ORLEANS - Turn Services, a maritime company headquartered in Bywater, will host its 11th Annual Glen Otero Memorial Golf Tournament on Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Lakewood Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. For the…
NEW ORLEANS – Carnival Cruise Line announced that the Carnival Glory will depart on Sunday, Sept. 19 from the Erato Street Cruise Terminal on a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas. The week-long voyage will be the first sailing from New…
NEW ORLEANS – Several south Louisiana ports partnered to request federal assistance as a result of the impacts of Hurricane Ida on their infrastructure, waterways and communities. The ports of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Fourchon, Morgan City, Plaquemines, St. Bernard,…
NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Cruise Line announced that the Carnival Glory will depart on Sunday, Sept. 19 from the Erato Street Cruise Terminal on a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas. The week-long voyage to Bimini, Freeport and Nassau will be…
LaPLACE, La. - The board of commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana has launched a search for its next executive director. In a press release, the board says the port's new top executive "will play an important role in…
NEW ORLEANS – From the Port of New Orleans: The Port of New Orleans resumed limited cargo and vessel operations, beginning with breakbulk vessel cargo on Sept. 2, four days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a…
NEW ORLEANS – At an Aug. 26 meeting, the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans unanimously approved a contract for program management and program control services to HDR Engineering Inc., a global engineering and consulting firm, as…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans and Cleancor Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of Seacor Holdings, signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 17 to "collaborate on ways to provide liquefied natural gas fueling solutions to ship owners and…
NEW ORLEANS — There is "widespread, bipartisan support for action to address Louisiana’s urgent land loss crisis through sediment diversions and other science-based restoration efforts," according to a new poll of coastal Louisiana voters released today by Global Strategy Group (GSG)…
BATON ROUGE – A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to proponents of dozens of environmental lawsuits aimed at oil and gas companies that have operated in Louisiana. The state and six coastal parishes have filed 42 lawsuits against…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - Shipbuilding magnate Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger has pledged $3 million to the University of New Orleans School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the only such program in the region and one of the few…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Offshore energy service companies are out to find foreign-flagged ships hauling pipeline parts and other energy-related equipment from U.S. ports and delivering or installing them in U.S. waters. The Offshore Marine Service Association has launched a…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Port of New Orleans discharged 300 steel coils on June 10, 2021 to barge at Coastal Cargo breakbulk and heavy-lift terminal at the Louisiana Ave. Complex that were transported to barge from the SK…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – July 9, 2021 marked the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) as an independent subdivision of the State of Louisiana, a self-sustaining public agency. In 1896, the Board…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's top business stories: The Port of New Orleans has issued a Request for Proposals for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of Gulf of Mexico oil wells broken in 2004 cannot demand damages from a federal contractor who says his equipment has captured enough oil to fill scores of tank trucks, a federal appeals court has ruled.…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans has issued a Request for Proposals for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St. Bernard Parish. Responses to the RFP are…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's biggest business stories: The Hotel Saint Vincent is officially open at 1507 Magazine Street. The 75-room boutique hotel, which cost approximately $22.5 million to create, was developed by Austin-based hospitality hotshots Larry McGuire,…
NEW ORLEANS – An alliance of global shipping lines has launched a new Asia-to-U.S.container service that brings a third weekly direct-to-Asia service to the Port of New Orleans. On June 22, the ONE Modern arrived at Port NOLA during its…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of an offshore oilfield boat that overturned off Louisiana plans to use $25 million in insurance on the vessel to pay down part of the Texas company’s debts. Attorneys for families of men killed…
BATON ROUGE (press release) — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the State of Louisiana’s SmartPort initiative is the recipient of a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. That federal award will be matched by $1.4 million from…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More lawsuits filed Tuesday in the capsizing of an offshore oil service vessel in a Gulf of Mexico storm provide harrowing descriptions of what survivors endured in the accident that killed 13 shipmates. Bryan Mires and…
PORT FOURCHON (AP) — Authorities say they’re preparing to move a capsized oil industry boat from the site of its deadly April accident. A barge is at the site off the coast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, to help remove the…
NEW ORLEANS –The Port of New Orleans and Tangipahoa Parish Economic Development have agreed to work together to grow trade, as well as to support existing and new business relationships for the benefit of the region and state of Louisiana.…
NEW ORLEANS — Throughout May, the Port of New Orleans will pay tribute to the region’s maritime history and workforce. The theme of Maritime Month 2021 is “Your Working River, Connecting Louisiana with the World.” Port NOLA is also launching…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74 million for ecosystem recovery projects and programs approved or extended this week. Nearly $80 million…
NEW ORLEANS –The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and the St. Tammany Corporation said they have agreed to work together to attract more manufacturing, product assembly, distribution and logistics centers to the region. “As more and more people shop…
