Port of Iberia kicks off pipeline, dredging project
The Port of Iberia officially kicked off its $34 million Acadiana to Gulf of Mexico Access Channel Project at the site where the first...
Rives joins Port NOLA as vice president, CCO
The Port of New Orleans has appointed Todd Rives as its new vice president and chief commercial officer, reports the American Journal of Transportation....
Southern Towing acquires Sulphur-based Devall
Southern Towing Co., an affiliate of CC Industries, announced Feb. 2 that it has acquired Devall Towing of Sulphur, reports the Waterways Journal.
Devall Towing...
Metal Shark lands autonomous defense vessel contract for Marines
Metal Shark, a shipbuilder headquartered in Jeanerette, La., has been selected to develop and implement the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) System for...
Direct-Asia container service comes to Port NOLA
The Alliance has launched a new direct Trans-Pacific Asia container service, dubbed the East Coast Loop 6, to serve ports in New Orleans, Houston...
Corps money will finish dredging Mississippi River for Panamax ships
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $45.7 million in the next fiscal year to continue deepening the Mississippi River channel to...
Federal funding comes through for building 4 more FRCs at Bollinger Shipyards
A federal omnibus spending bill for 2021 includes funding for four more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, which will be...
Massive capsized automobile carrier headed for Louisiana recycling firm
The 3,100-metric-ton steel bow of the MV Golden Ray, a 660-foot automobile carrier that capsized over a year ago near the Port of Brunswick...
Who’s first in the race to battery-operated platform supply vessels—ECO or Harvey Gulf?
Two Louisiana marine firms both are publicly laying claim to being first in the race for battery-operated platform supply vessels.
Offshore vessel operator Edison Chouest...
Petroleum Service Corporation acquires Fryoux’s tankerman operations
Petroleum Service Corporation, the Baton Rouge-based portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners, has acquired certain assets from Fryoux Tankerman Service, a shoreside tankerman company...
