NEW ORLEANS — On Nov. 30, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced the first projects selected to receive a total of $3 million in grant funding under the Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program. The New…
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards announced several leadership changes following the recent acquisition of Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding and Bollinger Mississippi Repair in Pascagoula, Miss. The announcements reflect leadership changes at BMS and BMR, as well as Bollinger Lockport New Construction…
NEW ORLEANS — Earlier this month, Galloway Director Kathleen K. Charvet was selected to be program committee chair for the 30th Biennial Admiralty Law Institute at Tulane Law School. Charvet has more than 25 years of experience counseling, representing and…
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards, a privately-owned and operated shipbuilder, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Pascagoula-based VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore. “Today marks an important milestone for Bollinger and our 76-year history,” said…
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards, a privately-owned and operated shipbuilder, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire VT Halter Marine Inc. and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore from parent company ST Engineering North America. The Pascagoula, Miss.-based…
NEW ORLEANS — At an Oct. 27 event, leaders of the Port of New Orleans gave a progress report on efforts to build the $1.5 billion Louisiana International Terminal in St. Bernard Parish. Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy Christian…
NEW ORLEANS — At an Oct. 27 event, leaders of the Port of New Orleans gave a progress report on efforts to build the $1.5 billion Louisiana International Terminal in St. Bernard Parish. Port NOLA President and CEO Brandy Christian…
GRAY, La. – Danos has been awarded a multi-year contract with independent oil and natural gas company Denbury Inc. to provide production labor support at the company’s Wyoming and Montana locations. Positions include roles for operators, instrumentation and electrical technicians,…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) will host a Procurement Contractor’s Resource Event on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at NOPB’s Joe Spot…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system and “data gaps” in radar systems were factors in last year’s deadly capsize of an oil industry vessel during severe storms off of Louisiana’s coast, the National…
NEW ORLEANS – Auxo Investment Partners, a Michigan-based lower middle market private equity firm, has announced a successful exit from its investment in M/G Transport Services (M/G) through a sale to Maritime Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed,…
LAFAYETTE, La. – From Louisiana Economic Development: International offshore drilling contractor Schlumberger announced it will invest $11.5 million to centralize its North Gulf Coast (NGC) divisions at a newly renovated operations hub in Lafayette. The company will create 44 new…
AVONDALE, La. – T. Parker Host announced the grand opening of the former Avondale Shipyards as Avondale Global Gateway, a logistics hub for intermodal commerce. “I am proud to be part of the Host team that took on the herculean…
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin. Some Mississippi River communities between St. Louis and…
NEW ORLEANS – On Sept. 29, Brandy D. Christian, CEO of the Port of New Orleans and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, delivered the 2022 State of the Port address highlighting successes across the Port’s four lines of business…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drought upriver has left the Mississippi River so low and slow that salt water is creeping farther than usual along the bottom toward New Orleans and threatening drinking water, the Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil and natural gas spills from tankers and pipelines in U.S. waters dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to the one from 2010 through 2019, according to a federal report Wednesday. The amounts…
NEW ORLEANS — On Sept. 23, the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans elected Jack C. Jensen Jr. to serve as board chairman, succeeding Charles H. Ponstein, whose term as chairman ended this month. Also elected were…
NEW ORLEANS — The T. Parker Host group of companies has announced a $500,000 donation to support the NOLA Coalition and other charitable organizations. Avondale Marine, the former Avondale Shipyard, is a Host company. $350,000 will go to support the…
NEW ORLEANS – From the Port of New Orleans: Port NOLA was recently awarded $514,964 in port security grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to upgrade technology at the Harbor Police Department (HPD)’s Maritime Security Operations Center…
RESERVE, La. (press release) — The Port of South Louisiana was awarded $955,339 in port security grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding will go toward the enhancement of the port's cybersecurity framework…
WALLACE, La. — Greenfield Louisiana announced plans to found West Bank Prospers, a new foundation that will invest millions of dollars in new grants to West St. John High School, a new community health clinic, scholarships to River Parishes Community…
GRAY, La. – Oilfield services provider Danos has won a contract with Italian energy company Eni to support brownfield repairs and routine maintenance to Gulf of Mexico platforms. The three-year contract will use Danos’ fabrication, construction and scaffolding service lines.…
NEW ORLEANS – The inaugural sailing of American Cruise Lines’ American Symphony departed Aug. 27 from the Port of New Orleans. The cruise passenger vessel is the fifth riverboat in ACL’s new series and adds to its four other homeported cruise…
RESERVE, La. — On Aug. 18, the Port of South Louisiana officially dedicated and named the two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Portal Harbor Cranes to be used at the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal Dock along the Mississippi River. The cranes increase…
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana elected officials, federal partners and maritime stakeholders joined the Big River Coalition on Aug. 16 to celebrate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ completion of the first two phases of the deepening of the Mississippi River…
LOCKPORT, La. — The U.S. Navy has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a contract to engineer and build an unmanned surface vessel capable of mine sweeping and mine hunting missions. The initial contract is for three vessels with options for up to…
NEW ORLEANS – Cedric Turner has been named captain of the Harbor Police Department of the Port of New Orleans. In the role, he will be responsible for running the day-to-day…
WALLACE, La. — Backers of the proposed $400 million Greenfield Export Grain Terminal in Wallace have new data to help bolster their case. A new analysis from Greater New Orleans Inc., the region's economic development nonprofit, projects that the facility…
LOCKPORT, La. — From Bollinger Shipyards: Bollinger has delivered the USCGC William Chadwick to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 176th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and…
