Will energy industry vessels get OK to expand disaster response capabilities?
The National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee last week approved a series of recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard designed to expand the disaster response...
Dom Peré stays true to his roots
Delivering millions of dollars worth of disaster recovery cargo to the most remote, typhoon-ravaged islands of Micronesia might sound like a swashbuckling, Treasure Island-esque task, but...
Coast Guard plans maritime security training exercise on Thursday
The Coast Guard will conduct an Area Maritime Security Training Exercise Program on Thursday, July 18.
AMSTEP is a community-based antiterrorism exercise program that was...
VLS Recovery acquires Tubal-Cain Lake Charles facility
Specialty cleaning and waste processing services firm VLS Recovery has acquired the cleaning and repair division of Tubal-Cain, including its Lake Charles facility.
At its...
Mandeville’s Florida Marine emerges as a major maritime player
The route map for the Mandeville-based Florida Marine Transporters resembles a vast, geographic circulatory system that begins at the mouth of the Mississippi River...
Intuitive innovation has made Mandeville’s Florida Marine a major maritime player
The route map for the Mandeville-based Florida Marine Transporters resembles a vast, geographic circulatory system that begins at the mouth of the Mississippi River...
Bollinger Shipyards names Chris Remont EVP of new construction
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards has promoted Chris Remont to executive vice president of new construction programs.
Remont will oversee commercial and government new construction programs for...
More traffic means bigger, better boats
Traffic along Louisiana’s waterways is on the rise, a trend that will likely continue in the wake of $1 billion-plus industrial investments, the growing...
The maritime scramble: From workforce to infrastructure, ports are playing catch-up to meet the...
A look around the Crescent River Port Pilots Association’s control room in Belle Chasse tells the tale. With a complexity that rivals an air...
Near-misses, cybersecurity on Marine Industry Day agenda
The Greater New Orleans Port Safety Council’s annual Marine Industry Day is set for May 30—the eve of hurricane season—and will be held at...
