BATON ROUGE — Gulf Island Fabrication will conduct a career fair on Thursday, Feb. 25 for a variety of available positions in its shipyard workforce near Houma. The company is creating 106 new direct jobs to accommodate recent orders for…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden's targeting of fossil fuel industries and wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico,…
GRAY, La. – Oil service provider Danos has been awarded a multi-year contract for production operations with a major oil and gas producer in the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, Danos has transitioned 107 personnel to the company’s employment…
Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week's top business stories: Deals and Debuts Clearview City Center and Audubon, owners and operators of multifamily properties, have announced that The Metro at Clearview – an “upscale, five-story apartment community” –…
BATON ROUGE - A coalition of 13 environmental and community groups has come out against a planned $1.3 billion expansion of Shintech facilities in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes. The groups said the projects will increase cancer-causing pollution in Black…
NEW ORLEANS— The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) welcomed Todd Rives to the executive team as vice president and chief commercial officer. Rives’ maritime strategic business development and leadership experience, which…
NEW ORLEANS - Last week, President Joe Biden signed several executive actions aimed at tackling climate change that could have major repercussions for the Louisiana oil and gas industry. Biden instituted a 60-day ban on new oil and gas leases…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican congressional delegation wasn't searching for reasons to support President Joe Biden, but the Democratic leader's quick actions against fossil fuels ensured the GOP lawmakers from an oil and gas production state had an…
NEW ORLEANS - The COVID-19 pandemic and busy 2020 storm season disrupted the international shipping industry significantly - but, locally at least, there could be a silver lining: a potential increase in the number of warehouses and distribution centers in…
MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Line has announced that the Carnival Valor, based in New Orleans, won't return to operations until at least November 2021. The company announced similar postponements nationwide because of the ongoing pandemic. “Like so much about this…
LaPLACE, La. - Business Development Director Linda Prudhomme is retiring after 19 years of service to the Port of South Louisiana. Prudhomme has led regional programs to identify expansion opportunities for existing industries as well as national and international marketing…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An environmental group has told the National Marine Fisheries Service that it's going to court over reductions in plans to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets. “A shrimp cocktail is not…
MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Line has announced additional cruise cancellations, including extending its pause in all operations in the U.S. through March 31. Booked guests and travel agents are being notified directly of the cancellations and their options for a…
NEW ORLEANS - Biz New Orleans magazine – the national award-winning monthly business publication – will publish the inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500, a book profiling the most influential leaders in greater New Orleans, in the fourth quarter of 2021. Click…
The 10/12 Business Report said that Cameron LNG is among the export facilities getting an extended authorization through 2050 from the U.S. Department of Energy. A total of seven Louisiana entities have received LNG export term extensions since October based…
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A shipyard in Louisiana has a $178 million Navy contract to build two new research ships for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC is located in Houma, the same city where another…
GRAND ISLE, La. — The Grand Isle Port Commission recently appointed Weldon M. Danos as its new executive director. Danos, a native of Raceland, graduate of Central Lafourche High School and resident of Grand Isle, has 43 years of domestic…
BATON ROUGE - HoumaToday.com and 10/12 Industry Weekly report that three oilfield navigation projects in south Louisiana were approved this week after a debate over Congress’ COVID-relief and government spending bill. The measure authorizes nearly $350 million worth of work that…
NEW ORLEANS—THE Alliance has announced a new direct-Asia container service that will call the Port of New Orleans, the East Coast Loop 6 service via the Panama Canal. Members of THE Alliance Ocean Network Express, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) said it will begin the due diligence process for a potential $1.5 billion multimodal container terminal to serve the largest container vessels calling in the Gulf of Mexico. Following unanimous…
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — Port officials have begun clearing a shipping channel in Louisiana after sediments pushed into the waterway by hurricanes made the water too shallow for some vessels to pass safely. The work on Port Fourchon’s Belle…
NEW ORLEANS – Port of New Orleans President and CEO Brandy D. Christian received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award at a Nov. 19 World Trade Center award ceremony and luncheon. Christian is also the CEO of the New Orleans…
MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Line has notified guests and travel agents that it has cancelled additional cruises for the first part of 2021 as it continues to build and implement its plan to meet the requirements of the Framework for…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Fidelis Infrastructure co-founders Daniel J. Shapiro and Bengt Jarlsjo announced their portfolio company Grön Fuels LLC is studying the feasibility of a renewable fuel complex at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans received a United States Environmental Protection Agency grant for $1.24 million for the Port’s Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program, which gives truck and fleet owners who serve Port NOLA an opportunity to…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards and Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. President and CEO Richard W. Heo announced the company will expand its Shipyard Division workforce near Houma. The company said it will create 106 new direct jobs at…
AVONDALE, La - The Department of Transportation recently approved nearly $10 million in funding to support improvements to the former Avondale Shipyard property. Avondale Marine was awarded $9,880,000 to convert an aging wharf at the historic site into a modern…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Just as Louisiana begins an ambitious slate of projects to rebuild its crumbling coastline, the essential ingredients — sea sand and river silt — will be harder to come by. That’s not because these materials are…
MIAMI – Carnival Cruise Line has notified guests and travel agents that it is cancelling the remaining cruises for the six total ships operating from PortMiami and Port Canaveral for November 2020. It has also cancelled five cruises scheduled to…
NEW ORLEANS — On Saturday, Oct. 10, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's newest ferry vessel, the RTA2, began service between Algiers Point and downtown New Orleans. "The work to bring regular ferry vessels back online for the Algiers Point…
