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Port of New Orleans Container-on-Barge Service Sets New Record

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during calendar year 2023, the highest since starting the service in 2016 with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group. The partnership represents the largest …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious

Diana Shipping Announces Sale and Leaseback of mv New Orleans and mv Santa Barbara

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, on Wednesday (Aug17) announced that, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, it has entered into two sale …
Aug 18, 2022 / Vessels

Diana Shipping Announces Time Charter Contract for mv New Orleans with Engelhart CTP

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, on Tuesday (Mar22) announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Engelhart …
Mar 23, 2022 / Vessels

Port of New Orleans and CLEANCOR Sign MOU to Bring Environmentally Friendly LNG Fueling Solutions to Jurisdiction

Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) and CLEANCOR Energy Solutions LLC (CLEANCOR), a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc. (SEACOR), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on August 17, 2021, to collaborate on ways to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) …
Aug 23, 2021 / Curious

Port of New Orleans Finds Invasive Insects in Wood on Deck of Foreign Vessel

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Port of New Orleans ordered the removal of a vessel due to invasive insects found in the wood used to secure their previous cargo. The wood (henceforth referred to as “dunnage”) …
Jul 30, 2021 / Vessels

Port of New Orleans and Port of Caddo-Bossier Work Together to Move Cargo on the Mississippi River

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) discharged 300 steel coils on June 10, 2021 to barge at Coastal Cargo breakbulk and heavy-lift terminal at the Louisiana Ave. Complex that were transported to barge from the SK Shipping Star Challenger and made …
Jul 23, 2021 / Vessels

Diana Shipping Signs Time Charter Contract for mv New Orleans with NYK Line

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, on Monday (Dec07) announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen …
Dec 9, 2020 / Vessels

Gulf Stream Marine Expands Network with Acquisition of Alabo Street Terminal operations at Port of New Orleans

Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. (GSM) announced the strategic acquisition of the Alabo Street Terminal operations located in the eastern section of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA). This is the second terminal, along with its Lake Charles terminal, that …
Oct 9, 2020 / Vessels

Port NOLA Sets New Container Record in 2019

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) moved more containers in 2019 than at any time in its history, totaling 648,538 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 10% compared to one year ago. The record marks the sixth consecutive year the Port surpassed …
Jan 17, 2020 / Curious

Port of New Orleans Sets Cruise Passenger Record

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) set a new record in 2018 with 1,182,111 cruise passenger movements, up 2.3 percent compared to a year ago. A 23 percent surge in guests taking Mississippi River cruises helped buoy the total, with new and larger …
Feb 7, 2019 / Cruise