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Around 70 vessels working on the Mississippi River are part of the “SmartPort” project, collecting data to improve waterway efficiency.
February 15, 2021 By Waterways Journal Jeremy Dyer. Jeremy Dyer has joined the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau as operations manager; he will be the primary staff resource for the TPO customer base on the Lower Mississippi River, Gulf Coast and East Coast, and will work alongside Caleb King, focusing on the coordination of audits and surveys while working to support TPO customers with CG-835V/Marine Casualty concerns and related TPO activities. Dyer has more than 21 years of marine-industry experience in both the private sector a...
katrina devastated the state. ab these are pictures from now, seven years now, and different storm isaac was hitting different areas, but in many cases similar destruction as seven years later. and isaac was a cat 1 when it slammed into the gulf coast tuesday. flood warnings in effect now for all of coastal louisiana and mississippi and more than half a million customers still don't have electricity as i said in the states and in arkansas and alabama as well. mitt romney visited louisiana today to survey the damage. president obama will head there monday. and louisiana governor bobby...
it's a terrible deja vu for residents of louisiana. these are pictures we were showing seven years ago on cnn, tonight, seven years ago exactly. these are pictures from now. seven years later. a very different storm isaac was hitting different areas. but many cases similar destruction as seven years ago. isaac has now weakened to a tropical depression but was a cat 1 hurricane when it slammed into the gulf coast tuesday. flood warnings are in effect tonight for all of coastal louisiana and mississippi. more than half a million customers still don't have electricity, as i said in thos...
but that there was to re-enter as soon as the storm is over. here it is day five. we have no electricity. and i saw that for what ceo had made a comment saying that we will work with speed and public safety comes first. what about my public safety? we work in total 100% blackout down here. >> reporter: the sheriff said this is the parish that's always first hit with these hurricanes. it was first hit with katrina. again, first hit with isaac and really took a great impact from that storm. you sense that frustration from him. he is really pushing the crews to get here and get that job...