Bollinger Shipyards delivers ocean transport barge for U.S. Navy submarine project
Bollinger Shipyards LLC has completed and christened the Holland, an ocean transport barge for General Dynamics Electric Boat.
The Holland will support the construction and...
Louisiana company partners on Coast Guard Patrol Cutter Program
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Louisiana’s Bayou Metal Supply to provide material and labor in support of the production...
Seacor Power using $25M insurance payout to eliminate debt
The owner of an offshore oilfield boat that overturned in Louisiana plans to use $25 million in insurance on the vessel to pay down...
Ingalls shipyard recruiting Louisiana workers for Navy contract
A day after announcing it had secured a Navy contract worth more than $700 million, Pascagoula’s Ingalls Shipbuilding deployed its talent acquisition team to...
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...
Busy hurricane season threatens beleaguered Gulf Coast industry
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a 60 percent chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year, although it...
SEACOR boat capsized while lowering legs, turning into wind
An offshore oil industry boat operated by SEACOR Marine had begun to lower its legs and was trying to turn to face heavy winds...
Deepwater Horizon funds pay for new coastal projects
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that three large-scale coastal restoration projects are now under construction to restore more than 2,900 acres of...
Port NOLA delays new container fees
The Port of New Orleans’s two main container terminals will hold off, for now, collecting an additional fee from shippers on loaded containers after...
Pandemic shipping delays, product scarcity could last through summer
Disruptions in the supply chain could continue for months across a range of industries in the U.S. While the recent blockage of the Suez...
