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…
BATON ROUGE - The 10/12 Industry Report will host a webcast titled “The Energy Evolution: How Will Louisiana Fare?” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 5. Scott Angelle and Loren Scott will talk about how Louisiana can make the transition to…
(The Center Square) – A Louisiana Senate committee advanced legislation Wednesday that supporters said would ensure money collected for violations of coastal permits is dedicated to coastal restoration and protection. An attorney for parishes that are suing oil companies over…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Ocean Industries Association board of directors has elected Tim Duncan, president and CEO of Talos Energy, as chairman and Paul Danos, owner, president and CEO of Danos, as vice…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas environmental enforcement doesn’t have a strong inspection program for working pipelines and doesn't adequately make sure companies clean and bury those no longer in use, a…
GRAY, La. – Oilfield service provider Danos recently launched intelligent integrated materials solutions (i2ms), a technology-based service offering that "utilizes people, processes and technology to provide warehousing logistics and inventory management." Scott Theriot will lead the 20-plus member i2ms team…
NEW ORLEANS – The World Trade Center New Orleans announced that Paul G. Aucoin, executive director of the Port of South Louisiana, is the recipient of the 2021 C. Alvin Bertel Award. The Bertel award is presented each year to…
CUT OFF, La. (AP) — The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim…
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards, a privately held designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels, announced that it has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication’s Houma shipyard facilities, expanding Bollinger’s new construction and repair capacity. Financial terms of the transaction…
In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard crew members attempt to throw a hammer at the hull of the SeaCor Power. The Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel, flipped over Tuesday, April…
LaPlace, La. - The Port of South Louisiana announced that the construction of a six-track railyard in St. Charles Parish is now complete. The rail yard, located at SoLaPort, a port-owned property on the west bank of the Mississippi River,…
NEW ORLEANS – Applications are now open for the Port of New Orleans Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program, which gives drayage truck and fleet owners who serve Port NOLA an opportunity to voluntarily replace older, inefficient drayage trucks with cleaner…
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — As 12 people remained missing from a capsized oil industry vessel, Coast Guard divers waited for a break in stormy weather Thursday that would allow them to reach the hull and search for survivors. Coast…
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard searched for 12 people missing off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday after finding one crew member dead and pulling six survivors from rough seas when their commercial platform vessel capsized in…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, two new airlines announced service to and from Armstrong International Airport. First, Independent regional airline Silver Airways announced it will offer nonstop, twice-weekly flights from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Fla. The new route will also…
NEW ORLEANS - The three biggest stories of the week involve big plans for the New Orleans riverfront, a new distribution center for Amazon in Slidell and a potential new name for the Superdome. Plans to develop 39 acres immediately…
NEW ORLEANS — The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has elected William H. Langenstein III chairman, Charles H. Ponstein vice chairman and Jack C. Jensen Jr. secretary-treasurer. Langenstein joined the Board in February 2018 when he…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The oil and gas industry's top lobbying group on Thursday endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal of longstanding policy that comes as the Biden administration has pledged dramatic…
NEW ORLEANS - Port NOLA will be hosting a virtual "Procurement Roundtable "on March 31 at 2 p.m. via Zoom to introduce Port NOLA’s new Director of Procurement Chanel Labat, who will join Tony Evett, chief engineer and vice president…
NEW ORLEANS - A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean. The paper, published in…
NEW IBERIA, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards, Port of Iberia Executive Director Craig Romero and Turner Industries President Stephen Toups announced the company’s selection of a 95-acre Port of Iberia site for future fabrication of modules and related services…
BATON ROUGE – New money coming into the state, including federal stimulus and disaster recovery dollars, could help Louisiana seize an opportunity to be more competitive in international trade, a legislative subcommittee heard Thursday. “We’re not doing as much as…
NEW ORLEANS — Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that International-Matex Tank Terminals, a provider of bulk liquids handling and storage, will retain and expand its headquarters in New Orleans. By the end of 2021, IMTT will make a $1.3…
COVINGTON (AP) — Arcosa Marine Products is closing its Louisiana shipyard, which will mean its remaining 100 workers will soon be out of work. Arcosa Marine Products is a subsidiary of Dallas-based Arcosa, which already laid off 66 workers at…
CHALMETTE – St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation is trumpeting the groundbreaking of a new warehouse space at the St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District's Chalmette Terminal that will be leased by American Sugar Refining, Inc., a member of ASR…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — An experienced naval architect and manager will become the first woman to lead a shipyard that is the largest private employer in Mississippi. Kari Wilkinson will become president of Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula on April 1.…
RESERVE, La. - InfraGard Louisiana President and Port of South Louisiana Safety Risk Agency Manager Lester Millet III was recently awarded the 2020 Government Technology & Services Coalition Homeland Security Today Citizen of Mission Award. The award goes to an…
