Secretary Raimondo

Louisiana SmartPort program gets CARES Act boost

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced yesterday that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to The Water Institute of the

Port NOLA moves forward on new container terminal

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) reports that it is set to begin the due diligence process for a potential $1.5 billion multimodal container terminal to serve the largest container vessels

Port NOLA CEO receives 2020 Bertel Award

Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) President and CEO and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) Brandy Christian has received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award at a ceremony

Mississippi River Ship Channel deepening gets underway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officially kicked off the historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet on September 11, as Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank