NEW ORLEANS - The Port of South Louisiana said it has ordered two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Portal Harbor Cranes for its public facility, Globalplex Intermodal Terminal. With commissioning planned for September 2021, the cranes should increase capacity for bulk…
NEW ORLEANS - Tara C. Hernandez, commissioner of the Port of New Orleans, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 as part of the ACG Louisiana Virtual Speaker Series. Hernandez is also president of the New Orleans-based…
NEW ORLEANS - Gordon Stevens, the president and CEO of the New Orleans Steamboat Company and Gray Line New Orleans, has been in the tourism business for 44 years but he’s never seen one exactly like this before. The global…
NEW ORLEANS — The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans selected new officers with the election of Darryl D. Berger as chairman, William H. Langenstein III as vice…
GRAY, La. – Family-owned and managed oilfield service provider Danos said it has been awarded a contract with Shell Exploration and Production Company to provide a production workforce across Shell production assets in the Gulf of Mexico, including Appomattox, Auger,…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Wednesday that it expects its transport volumes to drop by up to 25% in the second quarter as the world economy slides toward recession. CEO Soeren Skou…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA) asked Federal and Louisiana government officials for allocation of COVID-19 test kits and equipment for workers in the offshore sector. With approximately…
MIAMI - Carnival Cruise Line announced that it is cancelling all cruises from New Orleans through the end of August. On Aug. 1, meanwhile, Carnival plans to gradually resume service out of Miami; Port Canaveral, Fla.; and Galveston, Tx. The…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Port of New Orleans: The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recognizes its fourth annual Maritime Month May 1-31 and National Maritime Day on May 22 to pay tribute to the region’s rich maritime history and…
NEW ORLEANS — Port NOLA announced that Evergreen Shipping will be providing container service to and from the Caribbean starting April 29. The Evergreen Arkadia will be calling at the Port’s Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal. Port NOLA President and CEO…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans Board of Commissioners said it has adopted the Port NOLA Inner Harbor Economic Revitalization Plan (PIER Plan) — a collaborative vision to revitalize the Inner Harbor Industrial corridor, increase commercial activity and…
LOS ANGELES – Providing a glimpse into a time after the COVID-19 economic lockdown, Viking announced it has opened reservations to the public for its new Mississippi River cruises, which will launch in 2022. The company said its first custom…
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…
