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Port of New Orleans President and CEO Brandy Christian stepping down

The Port of New Orleans announced Tuesday that President and CEO Brandy D. Christian will step down in June to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.

Christian has served as president and CEO since January 2017, as well as the CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) since its acquisition by the port in February 2018.

“Reflecting on my time at the Port New Orleans and NOPB, I will be departing with immense gratitude for the dedicated team and supportive community who have made the...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Signet Capella & Signet Sirius – Signet Maritime tugs to provide channel escort for large crude tankers

Signet Sirius, a new escort tug acquired by Signet Maritime Corporation

Houston, Texas-based shipping company Signet Maritime Corporation has expanded its towage fleet with the recent acquisition of two new tugs in a series built at the Pascagoula, Mississippi facilities of subsidiary Signet Shipbuilding and Repair (SS&R). Signet Capella and Signet Sirius were both built to a design developed by Canadian naval architecture firm Robert Allan […]

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US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious ship to be named after Afghanistan’s Helmand Province

The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that the US Navy’s fifth America-class amphibious assault ship (LHA) will be named USS Helmand Province. The LHA commemorates the multiple US Marine Corps operations that took place in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province as part of Operation...

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US Navy takes delivery of amphibious ship Richard M. McCool Jr.

The US Navy amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. during acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, March 4, 2024

The US Navy took delivery of its newest amphibious transport dock (LPD), the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr., in a ceremony on Thursday, April 11. Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the ship honours US Navy veteran and Medal of Honor...

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16 states file suit challenging pause on LNG export permits

Led by Louisiana General Attorney General Liz Murrill, the attorneys general of 16 states have filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Louisiana challenging the pause on pending approvals of LNG export projects announced by the Biden administration in January.

Attorney General Murrill calls that move an “unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.”

The State of Louisiana is joined in the suit by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida,...

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VESSEL REVIEW | General Marshall – Seventh dredger joins Callan Marine’s waterway maintenance fleet

Galveston, Texas-based dredging and marine construction company Callan Marine recently welcomed a newbuild large cutter suction dredger (CSD) to its fleet. Named after famed American World War II general and former US Secretary of State George C. Marshall, General Marshall was built by DSC Dredge at its facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi. It is the […]

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 7 – Spanish Navy’s newest submarine, Israeli Navy attack craft launch and more

The Spanish Navy takes delivery of a new submarine as a future Israeli Navy patrol boat is launched into the water for the first time. The US Navy christens an amphibious assault ship. Finally, a Dutch-German partnership begins construction of a new frigate for the German Navy. Lead boat of new...

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CN to offer intermodal service via Gulfport

CN, the Mississippi State Port of Authority at Gulfport and Ports America have signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable the Canadian railway to provide a new intermodal service at the Port of Gulfport.

A trial run of the new service “will launch in the coming weeks,” CN said Wednesday.

The new service comes as CN (NYSE: CNI) and other Class I railroads have been seeking to beef up their intermodal options amid efforts to take market share from trucks. J.B. Hunt Transport Services and...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Miss Agnes – US Army Corps of Engineers acquires compact survey boat

Alabama-based Silver Ships recently delivered a new custom-built aluminium workboat to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Named Miss Agnes, the newbuild honours the late Agnes Goodman Zaiontz, who was a member of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority since its opening in 1985....

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COLUMN | A load of bollards: the US Coast Guard (and others) should get serious on testing mooring equipment! [Offshore Accounts]

After last week’s analysis of the dramatic purchase of Solstad’s fleet of 37 platform supply vessels (PSVs) by Tidewater, this week’s column deals with a drillship ..

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