by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boater, boating, bridge, maritime, navigation, ship, shipper, shipping, sinking, sunk, towboat, trnsportation
VICKSBURG — The Mississippi River re-opened this morning in Vicksburg after barges hit the old U.S. Highway 80 railroad bridge. Coast Guard Lt. Ryan Gomez says that there was enough water covering a barge that sank yesterday to allow other vessels to safely pass through. After the river re-opened at 9:30 a.m. CDT, the coast [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: capital investment, economic development, employee, employer, employment, expand, expansion, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, maritime, repair, ship, shipbuilding, work, worker
PASCAGOULA — Signet Maritime Corporate has announced plans for a $3.6-million expansion of its shipbuilding and repair operations at the Port of Pascagoula, creating 50 additional jobs. The company said the 50 spots have already been filled, and those new employees will assist the construction of a new tractor tugboat, Signet Magic, which is a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: city government, community development, construction, cultural, culture, fund, funding, historic, history, lighthouse, maritime, municipal, municipality, renovate, renovation, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
PASCAGOULA — The restoration project for Pascagoula’s historic Round Island Lighthouse is moving forward, but needs $350,000 more to be completed. Community and economic development director Jen Dearman tells The Sun Herald a significant amount of work has been done, but the department is asking residents to get more involved. The City Council approved a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: audit, auditor, boat, boater, boating, disaster recovery, disaster relief, federal governmenyt, fish, fisherman, fishing, investigate, investigation, investigator, law, legal, maritime, state agency, state government, subpoena
BILOXI — The State Auditor’s Office has served a subpoena for access to two key Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ financial accounts. That’s according to a published report. Assistant Attorney General Sandy Chesnut tells The Sun Herald the auditor wants record from an account that holds disaster-relief money and from the Rigs to Reefs account. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, engineer, engineering, maritime, navigation, outdoors, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, towboat, traffic, transportation, travel, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Barge operators are crediting the hustle by stewards of the Mississippi River for averting a potentially crippling shutdown of the vital commerce artery. Shippers say the Army Corps of Engineers has done all it can to keep the river open. Those efforts include ongoing work to rid a stretch of the river [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2012
Tags: agency, boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, federal, government, level, maritime, navigation, port, river, rock pinnacle, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Crews scooping out Mississippi River bedrock in southern Illinois are making steady progress but have removed just a fraction of the rock pinnacles that are impeding navigation along a stretch of the drought-plagued waterway, an Army Corps of Engineers official said. Excavating machinery had chiseled away 39 cubic yards of rock by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: construction, contract, contractor, enhancement, fund, funding, improvement, maritime, navigation, port, traffic, transportation, travel
PASCAGOULA — The Jackson County Port Authority has set aside $1.8 million for surfacing and drainage improvements at the Port of Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports the authority is awarding the money to Talley Contracting under a contract for improvements to the port’s south terminal. The project calls for expanding the port’s storage and cargo [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, maritime, navigation, port, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A revised Mississippi River forecast is offering a bit of a reprieve for shippers, showing the water level isn’t dropping as quickly as feared. Still, at least two large barge companies already are reducing their loads over concerns about the river’s depth. Months of drought have left the Mississippi near historic low [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 16,2012
Tags: boat, boater, engineer, engineering, maritime, navigation, river, ship, shipping, transportation, travel, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The Vicksburg District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) reports it is currently working on the Mississippi River near Mayersville on river mile 495. Thus far this season the MSU has placed 167,391 squares or approximately 384 acres of articulated concrete mats on the banks of the Mississippi River. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: barge, drought, dry, goods, lock, maritime, port, repair, river, ship, shipping, towboat, traffic, transportation, water, water level
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Shipping resumed today through one of the Mississippi River’s busiest locks after crews completed emergency repairs that took days and that stranded hundreds of barges destined for points north or south. By the time the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopened Lock 27 at Granite City, Ill., just north of St. Louis, [...] [...]
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