COVID-19 Info

Up-to-date Info on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Governor Edwards has issued a number of orders designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana.  They are: Gov. Edwards Lifts Louisiana’s Mask Mandate Statewide, Except for K-12 Schools Gov. Edwards Extends Louisiana’s Statewide Indoor Mask Mandate for Another Month to Further Slow the Spread of COVID-19 Following…

InterMoor announces lease renewal for fabrication facility

InterMoor is pleased to announce they have renewed the lease at their fabrication facility in Morgan City, Louisiana. Originally inaugurated in 2011, the 24-acre facility was subsequently expanded to 34 acres. Since its inception eight years ago, the purpose-built facility has successfully completed hundreds of fabrication projects, including over a hundred steel piles installed offshore…

Coast Guard unit gets a new home

Port of Morgan City and U.S. Coast Guard officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate Marine Safety Unit Morgan City moving in to the port’s Emergency Operations Center on La. 182 from its prior facility on David Drive. From left, are event coordinator Ensign Griffin Terpstra of MSU Morgan City; Rear Adm. Paul…

Swollen river looms as Louisiana heads into 2019 hurricane season

  Roger Erickson, warning coordinator for the National Weather Service’s Lake Charles office, points to a screen Thursday during a hurricane season preparedness meeting at the Port of Morgan City’s Emergency Operations Center By ZACHARY FITZGERALD Forecasters expect the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season will have just be-low average activity. But officials say St. Mary…

Port will put dredging funds to work

Dredging takes place in the Crew boat Cut section of the Atchafalaya River during April By ZACHARY FITZGERALD In mid-April, dredging began in the Crewboat Cut section of the Atchafalaya River. Brice Civil Constructors, an Alaskan company, is building a special purpose dredge using an offshore support vessel with a drag arm to reduce…

Weather Eyes

Roger Erickson, warning coordinator for the National Weather Service’s Lake Charles Office, speaks during a SKYWARN training class for weather spotters at the Port of Morgan City’s Emergency Operations Center.   By ZACHARY FITZGERALD Meteorologists have full-time jobs watching and forecasting potentially hazardous weather. But they still need help from volunteers known as spotters.…