Biden administration’s COVID-19 mandates could divide trucking industry
President Joe Biden’s recent order that companies with 100 or more employees require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular...
A shortage of everything: A ‘perfect storm’ exposes the fragility of Louisiana’s industrial supply...
It came as a surprise to many that Louisiana’s industrial supply chain was so vulnerable. A series of unfortunate and unthinkable events in 2020...
American Commercial to pay $2 million to preserve New Orleans habitat after spill
Jeffersonville, Ind.-based American Commercial Barge Line LLC has agreed to acquire and preserve 649 acres of woodland wildlife habitat near New Orleans and pay...
NTSB says communication, reporting failures caused fatal barge crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a fatal head-on crash between barges pushed by two towboats in Louisiana was caused by inadequate...
Coast Guard still removing vessels sunk by Hurricane Ida
The U.S. Coast Guard is still working to remove obstructions in Bayou Lafourche and the Houma Navigation Canal left by Hurricane Ida, reports Houma...
Louisiana’s Crosby Tugs invests in green shipping start-up
Galliano-based Crosby Tugs has invested in green shipping start-up Float Freight, a sustainability-focused barge transportation company that harnesses the industry’s latest technology to provide...
Kansas City Southern opts for Canadian Pacific bid
Kansas City Southern has decided that a $31 billion bid from Canadian Pacific is the best of two offers on the table to buy...
Port of New Orleans, CLEANCOR strike a deal for LNG bunkering
The Port of New Orleans has signed a deal for LNG bunkering.
The memorandum of understanding between Port NOLA and Cleancor creates a strategy for...
Louisiana’s Crosby Tugs merges with Seattle’s SEA.O.G. to focus on offshore wind industry
SEA.O.G Offshore, an integrated services provider to the offshore energy industry based in Seattle, has announced a merger with Crosby Tugs of Louisiana.
The partnership...
KCS, Savage services building Lake Charles-area railport
Savage Services is partnering with Kansas City Southern to construct a multicommodity railport with transload and railcar storage capabilities in Mossville.
Savage will own and operate...
