NEW ORLEANS — More than 10,000 professionals from the maritime industry will gather Dec. 1-3 for the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans. Many businesses that work in and around the Gulf of Mexico will send representatives to a conference that…
NEW ORLEANS – The World Trade Center New Orleans announced William H. Hines, managing partner of Jones Walker, as the recipient of the 2021 Eugene J. Schreiber Award. Hines was selected for his continued efforts to promote international trade for…
NEW ORLEANS – The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport said it is expecting an increase in traffic for the Thanksgiving Holiday travel period compared to 2020, but levels will still be less than in 2019. More from MSY: Despite…
BATON ROUGE — The Southern Rail Commission — an advocate for comprehensive rail transit in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama — said the recently passed federal infrastructure bill will lead to new development opportunities for passenger rail throughout the nation including…
HARVEY, La. — Offshore transportation provider Jackson Offshore Operators has announced that it is growing its platform supply vessel fleet with the acquisition of the M/V STORM. Once it has completed regulatory requirements, the M/V STORM will commence a five-year…
NEW ORLEANS — From the City of New Orleans: Today, the City of New Orleans announced the establishment of a development team to support the creation of a distribution and logistics center in New Orleans East. The team will be…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Three Mississippi cities and Birmingham, Alabama have been awarded grants to improve their train stations ahead of the planned return of Amtrak service to the Gulf Coast. Bay St. Louis, Gulfport and Pascagoula received…
NEW ORLEANS – At an Aug. 26 meeting, the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans unanimously approved a contract for program management and program control services to HDR Engineering Inc., a global engineering and consulting firm, as…
NEW ORLEANS — From the City of New Orleans: Blue Bikes will be rolling on city streets again starting this week, after a year's absence. Blue Krewe, the local, community-based nonprofit that operates and manages the bikeshare program, has relaunched…
NEW ORLEANS - Delgado Community College said it will open a technology center at its Algiers campus to house all academic STEM programs, labs and faculty that will serve academic and workforce programs for Algiers and the West Bank of…
BATON ROUGE - From the Southern Rail Commission: The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill today that includes investing an unprecedented $66 billion for the nation’s passenger rail programs, projects, and operations. The bill in total authorizes $1 trillion…
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Southern Rail Commission is pleased that the Surface Transportation Board has denied a motion from two freight railroad companies to dismiss Amtrak’s application for permission to perform "all necessary preparations" for Gulf Coast passenger rail…
BATON ROUGE (press release) - From the Southern Rail Commission: The U.S. Senate finalized a bipartisan infrastructure bill over the weekend which includes $66 billion for rail programs, projects, and operations, representing an unprecedented investment in the nation’s passenger rail…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell has announced that the Blue Bikes bike share program will return to the…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority said it will receive $5.15 million from a Federal Transit Administration low emissions grant program. "The RTA is making great strides to improve the quality of life for all New Orleanians,"…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans has issued a Request for Proposals for program management/program controls services for the development of its hoped-for Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) container facility in St. Bernard Parish. Responses to the RFP are…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's biggest business stories: The Hotel Saint Vincent is officially open at 1507 Magazine Street. The 75-room boutique hotel, which cost approximately $22.5 million to create, was developed by Austin-based hospitality hotshots Larry McGuire,…
NEW ORLEANS – An alliance of global shipping lines has launched a new Asia-to-U.S.container service that brings a third weekly direct-to-Asia service to the Port of New Orleans. On June 22, the ONE Modern arrived at Port NOLA during its…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state's streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards. The new personal delivery device law sponsored by Republican Sen.…
NEW ORLEANS – However reluctantly, it's time for New Orleans to say goodbye to Brees ... and hello to "Breeze." Breeze Airways, the new U.S. carrier from JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will launch service this July from New Orleans to…
NEW ORLEANS –The Port of New Orleans and Tangipahoa Parish Economic Development have agreed to work together to grow trade, as well as to support existing and new business relationships for the benefit of the region and state of Louisiana.…
CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) — Drivers waited in long lines at gas stations in the Southeast on Wednesday after a hack of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline led to distribution problems and panic-buying, draining supplies at thousands of gas stations. There…
HAHNVILLE, La. – Rio Morado LLC, owned by members of the Besthoff family, has announced the development of Luling Business Park and Enterprise Center in Luling, La. “We see a need in greater New Orleans for large, modern distribution facilities…
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…
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,…
BATON ROUGE – Southeast Beach Express, a direct air service connecting Baton Rouge with Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, begins flights on June 3. Flights will be operated daily Thursday through Sunday on 30-seat executive jets. Southeast Beach Express features…
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…
NEW ORLEANS – Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack desirable safety features cost Louisiana motorists a total of $7.6 billion statewide annually, according to a new report released by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research nonprofit.…
NEW ORLEANS — A cold storage facility said it will spend $42 million to expand its New Orleans East operations and create 50 new direct jobs. One of two major Lineage Logistics facilities at the Port of New Orleans, the…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey said Alabama will oppose an Amtrak plan to resume passenger train service between New Orleans and Mobile without a study of its potential impact. While Amtrak asked federal regulators last month to force…
