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…
NEW ORLEANS – The Port of New Orleans and Gulf Stream Marine announced that GSM will begin operations at Alabo Street Wharf as a new Port NOLA tenant. “Gulf Stream Marine is highly respected for its operational expertise with breakbulk,…
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana shipbuilding company will build and operate a ship that will help run and maintain offshore electricity producing wind farms off the coast of the northeastern United States. The Courier reports that Galliano-based Edison Chouest Offshore…
NEW ORLEANS - Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the MRGO Must Go Coalition has released a white paper detailing new information about the environmental benefits of closing the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and the ongoing, urgent need for large-scale restoration…
MIAMI – Following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s decision to extend its no-sail order for cruise operations, Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests and travel agents that it has cancelled cruises from all U.S. homeports except Miami and Port…
NEW ORLEANS - The same COVID-19 pandemic that has essentially shut down the New Orleans hospitality industry, caused widespread unemployment and forced many workers to do their jobs from home has also lit a fire underneath the residential real estate…
NEW YORK (AP) - Major cruise lines say they will test all passengers and crew for COVID-19 prior to boarding as part of their plan for resuming sailing in the Americas. The Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group that…
LOCKPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana-based shipyard has won a contract to build a floating dry dock that will be used to construct and maintain Navy submarines. Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport said Wednesday it landed the contract for an undisclosed…
METAIRIE, La. - The Jefferson Chamber's virtual LiveWell Jefferson Worksite Wellness Summit, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, will celebrate a culture of health and wellness among the business community and residents of Jefferson Parish. Participants will increase…
NEW ORLEANS — On Sept. 11, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging the Mississippi River ship channel to 50 feet. The overall project will provide a "draft" of 50 feet from the Port of Baton Rouge to the…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana, in collaboration with Shell Oil, presents a webinar titled “Best Practices in Corporate Contracting" on Thursday, Aug. 27 as part of a new series featuring "fireside…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has an $8.9 million contract for floodwalls to protect its New Orleans District headquarters. Construction is expected to begin in late September on a combination of permanent and deployable floodwalls…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana is getting another $205 million in BP oil spill money to restore its coast. Most of that — $176 million — will use sediment dredged from the Mississippi River to build 1,200 acres (485 hectares)…
NEW ORLEANS - The Port of South Louisiana has unveiled its new marketing video, We Are the Port of South Louisiana 2020, and supplemental media shorts and motion graphics. The videos highlight facilities of the Port of South Louisiana along…
NEW ORLEANS — Gov. John Bel Edwards and other top Louisiana officials signed a formal agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction on the deepening of the Lower Mississippi River to 50 feet from 45 feet.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A trade union representing river pilots who guide vessels, including cruise ships, from the mouth of the Mississippi River to New Orleans wants a pay increase to get their salaries to match those of other river…
NEW ORLEANS - As U.S. policymakers negotiate details of the next coronavirus aid package, America’s port authorities - including the Port of South Louisiana - are advocating for relief to manage the “extremely negative impacts” on the seaport industry brought…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Walter J. Leger Jr. to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA). Leger was sworn in during the July board meeting and will serve…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a Louisiana 'smart port initiative' intended to streamline operations and improve safety through real-time data shared by port administrators, tenants, shippers and providers of warehouse, cargo and ground transportation. Louisiana Economic Development…
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…
