Chouest shipyard floats out Viking Mississippi

Viking Cruises reports that its 386-guest Viking Mississippi river cruise vessel was floated out today at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La. Set to debut in June 2022, the Jones

Push boat on water

New inland push boat goes to work for Plimsoll Marine

Recently delivered by the Blakely BoatWorks shipyard in Mobile, Ala., to Plimsoll Marine, the M/V Green Wave is a Subchapter M compliant inland push boat that will operate within the Cooper Consolidated

Bulker at Mississippi River terminal

Bulker is first to take advantage of new Mississippi River draft limit

Norfolk, Va.,-headquartered T. Parker Host reports that the first ship has sailed from its United Bulk Terminals on the Mississippi River with a draft of 47.7 feet. This follows a newly announced

Port of South Louisiana names new executive director

The Board of Commissioners of the Port of South Louisiana has selected Paul Matthews to serve as the port’s next executive director, effective January 15, 2022. Matthews is replacing long-time executive director

Rendering of oil terminal

Terminal to be only Mississippi River wharf to handle 1,200-foot vessels

NOLA Oil Terminal LLC reports that it has begun construction on Phase 1 of an oil and refined products terminal project in Plaquemines Parish, La., occupying 158 acres located at Mile 59

American Queen steamboat deck

Crewmember falls overboard from American Queen steamboat

The Coast Guard suspended its search December 2 for a man who fell overboard from the M/V American Queen a day prior near Mile 229 of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge,

Dredge Goetz

Mississippi River dredge to handle Missouri River problem

The Kansas City Engineer District has received what it calls “critical assistance” from the St. Paul Engineer District in a pilot project. The project will deal with sediment that had created shallow

USACE St. Paul District to close 4 locks and dams

USACE to perform major winter repairs at 6 locks

The St. Paul Engineer District is preparing for major repairs at six of its Mississippi River locks this winter to ensure they continue working as designed. Maintenance is scheduled at Lock and

LNG exports pause challenged

Odfjell Chemical Tankers files suit against ACBL

In a lawsuit filed October 22 in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana, Odfjell Chemical Tankers is seeking damages from American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL) following a March 16, 2021, incident

NTSB reports collision between two barge tows

NTSB reports on bulker crane’s costly contact with grain elevator

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on its investigation of a November 11, 2020, incident in which the boom of a bulk carrier’s crane contacted part of

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