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USCG lifts Lower Mississippi “daylight only” deep-draft vessel restriction

The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has lifted daylight transit only restrictions for deep-draft vessels operating south of Mile 203 on the Lower Mississippi River. The change was announced

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Port NOLA resumes container operations

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reports that container vessel operations resumed yesterday, September 7, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a category 4 storm.

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Four Ingram vessels get new names

On August 30, Nashville, Tenn., headquartered Ingram Marine Group held a re-christening of four vessels that are now M/V Youngsuk (“YS”) Chi, M/V James Hamilton, M/V Kent Freeman and M/V Adolpho A.

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ABS and Vanderbilt put spotlight on waterways decarbonization

The current GHG emissions profile of the inland waterway sector is low compared to other freight modes. The American Waterways Operators cites statistics that show that one dry cargo barge can carry

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USCG opens Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic following Hurricane Ida

The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has opened the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic in New Orleans and key ports throughout Southeast Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida. After

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Ida: Recovery efforts get underway

As parts of the eastern U.S. woke up today to deal with the lingering but still damaging effects of the remnants of Ida, recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast area continued. Many

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Waterways industry faces prolonged disruption from Ida

While the good news coming out of New Orleans this morning was that electricity has been restored to limited areas of the city, overflight photos and media reports from the areas hit

Donjon has booked another dredging contract

DonJon wins $39 million dredging contract

DonJon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $39,018,285 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Elizabeth, N.J.,

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Ida slams into the Gulf Coast: How long will recovery take?

Though Hurricane Ida has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory at 1.00 p.m. CDT today that made it clear that, as Ida moves north-northeastward

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Lake Pilots order RIB launch

Somerset, Mass., based Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has taken an order for a rigid-bottom, soft-sided RIB pilot boat from the Lake Pilots Association, Huron, Mich. The Resilient class high-speed launch will be

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