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Stations will provide real-time weather, water data
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] Darren Wright, physical oceanographic real-time system program manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks Monday about the two new stations recently installed in the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel.…
New sensor systems add safety at Louisiana ports
By: Tegan Wendland, Reporter Two major Louisiana shipping hubs will see improvements this week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. New sensor systems will make navigation safer and allow…
Port facilitates international trade
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…
Experts: Slow storm season shouldn’t deter preparations
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,…
Rice bound for Haiti moves through Morgan City
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.…
Port stays active, officials say
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] The Port of Morgan City’s Government $11 million Emergency and Operations Center is shown April 15. It is located on La. 182 adjacent to the Morgan City…