By: ZACHARY FITZGERALD Port of Morgan City leaders say they are relieved to have a roughly one-mile section of the Atchafalaya River dredged and back open to vessel traffic. They are now focusing on a dredge demonstration downriver that they hope will allow officials to keep a 12-mile stretch of the waterway open year-round.…
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD Port officials expect the projected 8-foot crest in the Atchafalaya River to exacerbate the buildup of sediment in the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel, Port of Morgan City Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade said. The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Commission met Monday. National Weather Service forecasters expect the river to…
Port of Morgan City Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade speaks during Monday’s port meeting held at the new Government Emergency and Operations Center. Behind him are screens showing a view of the Atchafalaya River in Morgan City and an aerial view of the surrounding waterways. BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD The Port of Morgan City’s new Government Emergency…
BY SHEA DRAKE Morgan City Port Terminal District officials hope to position the city as a lucrative import and export market for small vessels by creating a dredge system that agitates mud and keeps it from sticking to the Lower Atchafalaya River bar channel floor. “Traditional maintenance dredging has failed to provide a reliable…
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD First floor of new building is ’99 percent’ done Above, a flag pole gets installed this morning at the Port of Morgan City’s Government Emergency and Operations Center on La. 182 in Morgan City. Port of Morgan City Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade walks Thursday on the first floor of the port’s…
Manson Construction Co. began dredging Berwick Bay Sept. 19 and will finish the project in about a month. The contract dredged about a 3-mile stretch from 20 Grand Point and Tidewater Point to Stouts Pass. Dredging should start in the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel Oct. 29 and could last up to 100 days. BY ZACHARY Dredging work is ongoing…