New NASA program, amenities build Michoud tenant roster
A little more than a year ago, concern over how many of those companies would still be at the Michoud Assembly Facility reached a boiling point. Today, cries for commercial tenants have faded and...
View ArticleFloodgates become barrier for shrimpers seeking storm refuge
About 20 shrimp vessels sought refuge from Hurricane Isaac at the Hero Pump Station near the south end of Harvey Canal. The tenuous circumstances that followed, including a forceful confrontation with...
View ArticleBarge hits Miss. River bridge; Oil cleanup ongoing
Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude...
View ArticleCoast Guard: Barge leaked 7,000 gallons of oil
With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day Wednesday, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to reopen a 16-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has...
View ArticleCoast Guard: Fire disables cruise ship in Gulf
Carnival Cruise Lines said Sunday an engine room fire had disabled the cruise ship Triumph about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board.
View ArticleEnvironmental groups sue Coast Guard
Six environmental groups are suing the U.S. Coast Guard, challenging a denial of two Freedom of Information Act requests about the response to an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleMiss. River reopens south of New Orleans
Authorities are still searching for a tugboat that sank in the Mississippi River, prompting the closure of a stretch of the river south of New Orleans over the weekend.
View ArticleProposal would allow shale gas waste on barges
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking public comments on a proposal that would allow barges to transport shale gas wastewater, a drilling byproduct that can include chemicals, radioactive material and heavy...
View ArticleBollinger delivers cutter to Coast Guard
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the Charles Sexton fast-response cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleBollinger Shipyards delivers 9th cutter
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered its ninth fast response cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleJefferson Parish to build river boat launch
Jefferson Parish is expected to have a boat launch in Gretna for emergency-response vessels by this time next year, thanks to a $1 million federal grant obtained through the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleCoast Guard: Fire disables cruise ship in Gulf
Carnival Cruise Lines said Sunday an engine room fire had disabled the cruise ship Triumph about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula with 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board.
View ArticleEnvironmental groups sue Coast Guard
Six environmental groups are suing the U.S. Coast Guard, challenging a denial of two Freedom of Information Act requests about the response to an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
View ArticleMiss. River reopens south of New Orleans
Authorities are still searching for a tugboat that sank in the Mississippi River, prompting the closure of a stretch of the river south of New Orleans over the weekend.
View ArticleProposal would allow shale gas waste on barges
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking public comments on a proposal that would allow barges to transport shale gas wastewater, a drilling byproduct that can include chemicals, radioactive material and heavy...
View ArticleBollinger delivers cutter to Coast Guard
Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the Charles Sexton fast-response cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleBollinger Shipyards delivers 9th cutter
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered its ninth fast response cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleJefferson Parish to build river boat launch
Jefferson Parish is expected to have a boat launch in Gretna for emergency-response vessels by this time next year, thanks to a $1 million federal grant obtained through the U.S. Coast Guard.
View ArticleUS Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Mississippi River
The U.S. Coast Guard said it responded to a fuel oil spill on the Mississippi River near Gramercy, Louisiana.
View ArticleAlmonaster Bridge replacement gets more pushback from port board
Port of New Orleans commissioners don’t agree with a staff recommendation to allocate $4 million for the design of a new Almonaster Avenue Bridge over the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal.
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