The Oslo Bulk 9, a 360-foot cargo ship, arrived Monday at the Port of Morgan City to export 3,500 tons of rice to Haiti for Planters Rice Mill in Abbeville. On Tuesday, workers were loading rice onto the ship from barges. Port Director Raymond “Mac” Wade expects the ship to leave the port tonight.Published by Daily Review 5/6/15
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, helped host a 2015 Hurricane Preparedness Public Meeting Tuesday at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Though meteorologists are forecasting a below average year for hurricane activity in the Atlantic, one big storm can make a season. Forecasters expect sevennamed storms, three hurricanes and one major hurricane of Category 3 or greater, said Andy Patrick, meteorologist in charge of the National…
Shipments will help port expand import-export reach BY ZACHARY [email protected] Above, Planters Rice Mill employees work Thursday morning to load rice from a truck onto a barge at the Port of Morgan City’s dock. They used an electricallypowered conveyer belt to transfer the rice. About 3,500 tons will be loadedinto two barges at the port, where it will stay until a ship arrives…