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Port exports continue to grow
Above, a November 2014 photo shows Planters Rice Mill of Abbeville exporting ricefrom the Port of Morgan City for the first time. Trucks transported about 150 truckloads of rice to the port in order to export 3,000 tons…
Ports’ impact keeps growing
This file photo shows an aerial view of the Port of Morgan City. A national study released this week found that coastal ports are having an increasing economic impact on…
Port’s import-export business grows
BY ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] Import-export business at the Port of Morgan City is on the rise and has steadily increased since the first ship of that kind came to the…
Port chief heads to D.C.
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] MORGAN CITY — Today’s trip to Washington, D.C., for Port of Morgan City Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade will be one to both thank federal officials…
Meteorologist: Public’s help vital to weather reporting
By ZACHARY FITZGERALD [email protected] MORGAN CITY — Roger Erickson, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, stressed Tuesday the importance of having the public’s assistance to…
Construction Underway on Emergency Center
Workers pour the foundation Tuesday for the Port of Morgan City’s $11 million Government Emergency and Operations Center on La. 182 in Morgan City near the municipal auditorium. About 560…