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Port focuses on opening waterways
By: ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com 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.…
Port officials: New flood will worsen channel depth
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com 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…
‘Unbelievable test’ for new port center
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…
Port hopes dredging method results in more shipping
BY SHEA DRAKE sdrake@daily-review.com 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…
Emergency center near completion
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD zfitzgerald@daily-review.com 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…
Clearing the way for shipping
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…