Port Fourchon, refineries out for weeks, raising short- and long-term questions
When Hurricane Ida blasted ashore, its 150 mile per hour winds not only laid waste to southeast Louisiana but to the nation’s fossil fuel...
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...
Plaquemines Port secures container terminal site
Plaquemines Port announced Aug. 11 that development partner LA23 Development Co. (LA23 Devco) has secured the site for a future container terminal, reports American...
Interfor Corp. reopens DeQuincy sawmill
Interfor Corp., a wood products company, is expected to invest up to $8 million to revive the idled Georgia Pacific sawmill near DeQuincy. The...
Funds earmarked for Port Fourchon channel deepening
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced that he has secured $1.5 million in the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies subcommittee bill...
Chennault Airport breaks ground on $4M cargo facility
Chennault International Airport has broken ground on a $4 million facility that represents its entry into the air cargo sector.
Smart Port navigation of Mississippi River coming to port of Baton Rouge
Smart Port, a crowd-sourced technology dashboard aimed at allowing ships to better navigate the lower Mississippi River, will soon be coming to the Port...
Chennault Airport gets going on a $4M air cargo facility
Chennault International Airport has broken ground on a $4 million air cargo facility.
Construction on the 10,000-square-foot facility is expected to take roughly 12 to...
ONE Modern vessel arrives in New Orleans, launching Port NOLA’s third direct-Asia service
THE Alliance and Evergreen on Monday launched their new Asia-US Gulf service with the inaugural sailing of the ONE Modern calling on Port NOLA June...
Aucoin tapped to receive C. Alvin Bertel Award
Port of South Louisiana Executive Director Paul Aucoin has been named the 2021 recipient of the C. Alvin Bertel Award, reports Waterways Journal. Presented...
