Frank McCormack

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The Nashville Engineer District is continuing efforts to map out a repair plan for the lower miter gates in the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near Florence, Ala., after cracks in the lower portion of the gates led the district to close the lock to navigation September 26.

New Orleans-based port chaplaincy organization Global Maritime Ministries (GMM) hosted its annual Lighthouse Gala September 19 at the Audubon Tea Room, a banquet hall adjoining the city's Audubon Zoo.

October 25, 2024 By Frank McCormack The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) has appointed Beth Ann Branch

With the event falling just over a week after the November 5 general election and on the heels of a string of unplanned closures and cost overruns

For Austin Golding, president and CEO of Vicksburg, Miss.-based Golding Barge Line (GBL), the October 28 christening of the mv. Whit Golding was a special moment, not just in the history of the company, but in his experience as a dad. The Whit Golding, the highest horsepower boat the company has ever built, is named for Golding's older son.

Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) held a naming ceremony and christening October 25 at Pier 21 in Galveston, Texas, for the company's newest trailing suction hopper dredge, the Galveston Island. The Galveston Island is the first of twin dredges Conrad Industries is building for GLDD at its Morgan City, La., shipyard.

November 22, 2024 By Frank McCormack “Are all christenings like this?”

November 27, 2024 By Frank McCormack Waterways Council Inc. (WCI), a Washington D.C.-based maritime industry advocacy group, held its 21st annual Waterways Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, November 13–14.

John W. Stone Oil Distributor, a family-owned New Orleans-based supplier of fuels, lubricants, specialty chemicals and fresh water for the offshore, coastal and inland markets, recently took delivery of a new inland towboat from Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Ala.