LaPLACE - The American Association of Port Authorities will commemorate Western Hemisphere Ports Day on April 5. The annual event recognizes the port industry’s role in efficient goods movement, job creation and propelling the economy. This year’s Ports Day theme,…
NEW ORLEANS - The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) launched its digital Learning Toolbox today aimed at educating Louisiana students about the role that the local maritime industry and the port play in our everyday lives. Here are more details…
NEW ORLEANS - The recent stock market plunge combined with travel restrictions and event cancellations are already hurting the economy in New Orleans, which earns $9 billion each year from tourism. Meanwhile, the recent steep drop in the price of…
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced it is awarding $850,000 to the Delgado Community College Maritime and Industrial Training Facility in New Orleans East to train workers in Louisiana’s maritime industry. The grant will be…
NEW ORLEANS - The coronavirus outbreak is taking an economic toll internationally and New Orleans is not immune. One example is Port NOLA, where officials said that fewer container ships from China are coming to New Orleans. "Due to weakened…
BATON ROUGE - While officials are monitoring flood conditions along the Mississippi River, the water levels are not expected to rival last year’s record-setting flood fight. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré…
Here's the week that was: Looking Up Experts say there are two to three times the amount of crawfish this season compared to last year so prices are way down and everybody's salt intake is way up. ... The Port…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding a $13.4 million grant to the Port of South Louisiana in LaPlace to fund the Globalplex Multi-Modal Connections Project. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy wrote a letter of support for funding for…
NEW ORLEANS – The Propeller Club of the U.S. Port of New Orleans honored Brandy D. Christian as its 2019 Maritime Person of the Year at its 86th annual Maritime Person of the Year Gala on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Metairie…
LULING, La. (AP) — Authorities are again allowing boat traffic through a stretch of the Mississippi River in Louisiana that was closed while authorities searched for three people who went missing when two barge towing vessels collided, a newspaper reported.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's lawsuit alleging that a federal canal has expanded well beyond its legal boundaries and is eating away at state land was rejected Tuesday by a federal appeals court. The 2018 suit claimed the Gulf Intracoastal…
HOUSTON - Oilfield service company McDermott International, based in Houston but an employer of thousands in Louisiana, announced plans to begin a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process. The company said the plan is supported by more than two-thirds of…
NEW ORLEANS - Here's the week that was: Monday Gov. John Bel Edwards was inaugurated for his second term but even he was thinking of other things ... roughly 76,000 Fans of the LSU and Clemson college football programs gathered…
BERLIN (AP) — A global shipping industry organization is proposing a research and development program to help cut carbon dioxide emissions, funded by about $5 billion from shipping companies over a decade. The International Chamber of Shipping said Wednesday that…
NEW ORLEANS – This city has always had a thing for boats. Walk down an old French Quarter street and you might step on old granite blocks that once served as ballast on ships coming from Europe. Many of our…
NEW ORLEANS - RiverWorks Discovery will host educational event for high school students titled "Who Works the Rivers" at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at the Port of New Orleans, 1350 Port of New Orleans Pl. This national outreach program, originally developed…
SULPHUR, La. — Yesterday, on Sep. 19, Gov. John Bel Edwards highlighted a $4.2 million grant awarded to the West Calcasieu Port by the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The EDA grant targets infrastructure and resiliency…
NEW ORLEANS – Brandy D. Christian, Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) president and CEO, and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation (NOPB) CEO, highlighted the successes of the agencies’ diverse business profile in 2019, and focused on the opportunities…
NEW ORLEANS — Gov. John Bel Edwards reappointed Joseph F. Toomy to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Toomy was sworn in during a monthly board meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22. He will serve a five-year term…
NEW ORLEANS – With existing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in place and working toward energy efficiency investments defined in their new Strategic Master Plan, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) expanded their EV fleet with the help of…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) celebrates its third annual Maritime Month from May 1 through May 31, and National Maritime Day on May 22, to pay tribute to the region’s rich maritime history and to recognize…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans’ (Port NOLA) Strategic Master Plan, Port NOLA Forward, will earn the Port a Silver 2019 National Planning Achievement Award for Economic Development Planning from the American Planning Association (APA) for identifying and…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), a multi-billion-dollar multimodal gateway for international trade and a bustling embarkation port for cruise passengers, creates and supports more than 119,500 jobs and $29.8 billion of economic output nationwide, according…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans and project partner, the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), were awarded a National Clean Diesel Funding grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA grant will provide 40% of…
NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) voted to approve the purchase of two new 100-foot gauge container gantry cranes to be used at the Napoleon Avenue…
NEW ORLEANS — As the Steamboat Company continues to grow, so do their staff. Charles “CJ” Lardner completed his 1600 Ton Masters of Western Waters this past year, and is now a certified captain onboard. Details were shared in a press release. Lardner…
NEW ORLEANS— The New Orleans Steamboat Company (NOSC) announced in a press release that Matthew Dow is now serving as assistant marine operations manager/project manager of the renovation of the Riverboat CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, sister boat to the NATCHEZ. Dow’s father,…
NEW ORLEANS - Kristi App, vice president of business development and customer service at J.W. Allen & Co. has been appointed to the World Trade Center of New Orleans (WTCNO) Board of Directors. In addition to her Vice President position at…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Shares in the world's biggest shipping company, Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk, plunged Thursday after it warned of the commercial damage it would suffer from a U.S. escalation in the trade war with China. The company reported a…
NEW ORLEANS—The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) set a new record in 2018 with 1,182,111 cruise passenger movements, up 2.3 percent compared to a year ago. A 23 percent surge in guests taking Mississippi River cruises helped buoy the…
