Hurricane Weakened Large ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

Courthouse News Service

Hurricane Weakened Large ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

By Daniel Jackson

(CN) – At the beginning of June, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked at their models and saw sobering news for coastal communities in Louisiana and parts of...

Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen

St. Bernard Parish News

Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen

St. Bernard Parish Government Officials and the chairman of the Louisiana United Crabbers Alliance met with members of Congress and congressional staffers from Louisiana and Mississippi last week as parish government...

VT Halter gets contract to build Coast Guard’s polar security cutter

Professional Mariner

VT Halter gets contract to build Coast Guard’s polar security cutter

By Susan Buchanan

Mississippi’s VT Halter Marine was awarded a contract in April to build a 460-foot polar security cutter, with options for two more, to upgrade the Coast Guard’s aging icebreaker fleet.

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