Offshore wind energy leasing opens in Gulf of Mexico
Federal regulators announced last week the first ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale, opening sites off the coast of Lake Charles and...
Grand Isle Shipyard consolidating Baton Rouge area offices in a new campus
Galliano-based Grand Isle Shipyard, an oil and gas services company, is planning to consolidate its Capital Region operations with a new campus along Innovation Drive.
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Corps of Engineers partners with DOTD, Port of Iberia to widen, deepen waterway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that it has signed a partnering agreement with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development...
T. Parker Host moves headquarters to Avondale Global Gateway
Ship agency, stevedoring and terminal operations company T. Parker Host has announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Norfolk, Va., to the Avondale Global...
Ship to house offshore wind technicians being built in Louisiana’s oil country
Down in Terrebonne Parish, where oil rig supply ships are as much a part of the waterside scenery as shrimp boats, a new kind...
Towing vessel pilot never reported hitting bridge in Louisiana
A Louisiana barge-towing vessel struck and damaged a bridge in 2021 but the vessel’s pilot never reported it to authorities, the National Transportation Safety...
Bruks Siwertell delivers needed mobile ship unloader to Belle Chasse
Bruks Siwertell recently delivered a new Siwertell road-mobile ship unloader for dust-free cement handling operations for CEMEX in Belle Chasse. The 10,000S, next-generation unit augments...
After just two years, Smart Port initiative now at 70 vessels
Just two years after the launch of the Lower Mississippi River Smart Port & Resilience Center by The Water Institute of the Gulf, some...
Bollinger acquires vessel designer, constructor
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards, the largest privately owned shipbuilder in the U.S., on Sunday announced it has agreed to acquire VT Halter Marine Inc. and...
Investigation into Seacor tragedy highlights need for locator beacons
The results of an investigation into the deadly capsizing of an oil industry boat off Louisiana’s coast that killed 13 mariners in April 2021...
