Total Quality Logistics to open Baton Rouge office, create 98 new jobs
Total Quality Logistics, a global freight brokerage and logistics firm headquartered in Cincinnati, is opening a new office in Baton Rouge.
TQL is the second-largest...
Venture Global builds massive sea wall to protect Plaquemines LNG facility
Plaquemines Parish might seem like a risky location for a $21 billion LNG plant, but Arlington, Va.-based Venture Global says it has the answer...
Davante Lewis: If Louisiana wants to be like Texas, it must embrace solar
In recent years, there has been talk in Louisiana of a so-called “Industrial Renaissance”—a boom in economic development along the industrial corridor stretching from...
Louisiana has yet to tap $73.4M allocated for EV charging stations. Here’s why
Two years after receiving federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations across the state, Louisiana has yet to seek bids to build a...
Port NOLA announces double digit growth for intermodal rail volumes
The Port of New Orleans and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad said that their intermodal rail volumes are up more than 15% YTD,...
Port of New Orleans gets $230M for infrastructure projects
Officials with the Port of New Orleans have announced that the Louisiana Legislature has committed more than $230 million to port infrastructure projects, reports...
Here’s the latest on the Baton Rouge-to-New Orleans passenger rail
Efforts to establish a passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans are slowly but surely progressing.
That’s according to John Spain, senior adviser...
Corps requests public comments for Port Fourchon channel deepening
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is requesting public comments for the proposed deepening of the federal navigation channel at Port Fourchon.
The proposed project...
Port NOLA names Coates as chief commercial officer
Amanda Coates is the new chief commercial officer at the Port of New Orleans, reports Biz New Orleans. She will be responsible for driving...
Port of New Orleans announces record container growth
The Port of New Orleans moved a total of 133,845 twenty-foot equivalent units during the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, representing a 19%...
