POINT A LA HACHE

  • General
    • Vessel Name : POINT A LA HACHE 0
    • Operator : PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 329 0
    • Vessel Type : 13 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 615 0
  • Location
    • City : BELLE CHASSE 0
    • STATE : LA 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 446 0
    • Full Load Capacity : 39 232
    • Type of Cargo : # 0
    • Passenger Capacity : 179 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 142.7 257
    • Regular Breadth : 60 257
    • Overall Length : 142.7 257
    • Overall Breadt : 60 257
    • Load draft : 6.4 257
    • Light Draft : 6 257
    • Height : 45 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1967 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 510383 0

PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT

  • Area of Operation : MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MILE 75.4 AHP & 76.6 AHP WEST & EAST BANKS OF BELLE CHASSE & SCARSDALE, LA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MILE 48.0 & 49.0 AHP, WEST & EAST BANKS OF WEST POINTE-ALA-HACHE & POINTE-ALA-HACHE 0
  • Principal Commodity : PASSENGERS AND VEHICLES 0

BELLE CHASSE II

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

PLAQUEMINES PRIDE

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

News

TUI Cruises Launches Fincantieri-Built Dual-Fuel Cruise Ship

TUI Cruises Launches Fincantieri-Built Dual-Fuel Cruise Ship

Fincantieri and TUI Cruises, a joint venture between TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises, have launched Mein Shiff Flow, a dual-fuel cruise ship newbuild.A sister ship to Mein Schiff Relax, delivered in February 2025, the new unit is scheduled to enter service in mid-2026.With approximately 160,000 gross tons

Saronic buys Gulf Craft Shipyard to Fast-Track Autonomous Shipbuilding

Saronic buys Gulf Craft Shipyard to Fast-Track Autonomous Shipbuilding

Saronic accelerates its growth into autonomous shipbuilding with the acquisition of Gulf Craft, a Louisiana-based shipbuilder with a 60-year history of developing manned and unmanned ships for defense and commercial customers.Through this acquisition, Saronic gains a strategically located shipyard on the Gulf Coast that will serve as the prototyping and production hub for its medium unmanned

US Port Strike Throws Spotlight on Big Union Foe: Automation

US Port Strike Throws Spotlight on Big Union Foe: Automation

A strike by dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast that disrupted much of the nation's ocean shipping this week ended on Thursday, but a key issue driving labor unrest across the continent - the growing use of automation - was unresolved.Companies view automation as a path to better profit while unions see it as a job-killer.

Britain's New Shipping Sanctions Take Aim at Russian LNG Sector

Britain's New Shipping Sanctions Take Aim at Russian LNG Sector

Britain on Thursday sanctioned five vessels and two associated entities involved in the shipping of Russian LNG, with the government saying it was using new legal powers for the first time to target LNG vessels directly."Earlier this year, the UK sanctioned Arctic LNG 2, alongside our allies in the US and EU.

Environmental Emergency Declared After Ship Spills Oil Off Spain's Gran Canaria

Environmental Emergency Declared After Ship Spills Oil Off Spain's Gran Canaria

An oil spill off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria forced local authorities to close several beaches in the popular holiday destination on Thursday and declare an environmental emergency.Emergency services said on social messaging platform X that they were alerted on Wednesday night of the accidental spill during a vessel's refueling stop at La Luz port of Las Palmas, the island's capital.

Panama Canal Prepares for Potential Drought with $2 Billion Expansion

Panama Canal Prepares for Potential Drought with $2 Billion Expansion

The Panama Canal expects to be ready to combat a possible new drought, which could hit the world's second-largest waterway within four years, by accommodating larger vessels, securing dedicated passage for some ships and expanding its water reservoirs' capacity, its chief, Ricaurte Vasquez, said on Monday.

Divers Recover Body of Last Missing Person from Sunken Yacht

Divers Recover Body of Last Missing Person from Sunken Yacht

Italian divers have retrieved the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch's18-year-old daughter, Hannah, who was the last person still unaccounted for after the family's luxury yacht sank this week off Sicily.Seven people, including Lynch himself, died when the 56-metre-long (184-foot) sail boat, the Bayesian, capsized during a fierce, pre-dawn storm on Monday off Porticello, near Palermo.

Pilot Was Asleep at the Helm When Towboat Hit Louisiana Pier

Pilot Was Asleep at the Helm When Towboat Hit Louisiana Pier

The pilot of a towboat that struck an industrial cargo pier near Saint Rose, La., last year had fallen asleep, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday.The pilot of the Marquette Transportation owned and operated towing vessel John 3:16 was experiencing the effects of fatigue during his watch on September 12, 2023, while navigating the Lower Mississippi River.

Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley Chief focus of Divers' Search after Vessel Lost

Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley Chief focus of Divers' Search after Vessel Lost

Divers scoured the wreck of a luxury yacht off Sicily's coast on Tuesday to find six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and a Morgan Stanley executive, following an intense storm that sank the vessel on Monday.The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) superyacht, was carrying 22 people and anchored off the port of Porticello when it was hit by the fierce

First LNG Cargo Sets Sail from New Fortress Energy’s Mexico FLNG (Video)

First LNG Cargo Sets Sail from New Fortress Energy’s Mexico FLNG (Video)

One of the world’s leading LNG project developers New Fortress Energy (NFE) has completed the first cargo load and sail operation from its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit offshore Altamira in Mexico.The first cargo has been loaded onto the Energos Princess LNG carrier and will be delivered to NFE’s La Paz terminal.

Yilport Planning $1.6 Billion Ports Expansion in El Salvador

Yilport Planning $1.6 Billion Ports Expansion in El Salvador

Turkish holding company Yilport will invest an expected $1.62 billion to expand two ports in El Salvador and operate them jointly with the local port authority, the government of the Central American country said.Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in a post on X on Sunday evening, said the investment is part of his broader economic revitalization plan.

Houthis Say they Targeted Four Ships 'Linked to US, UK and Israel'

Houthis Say they Targeted Four Ships 'Linked to US, UK and Israel'

Yemen's Houthis said on Monday that they conducted four military operations targeting four ships in the Red, Arabian and Mediterranean Seas as well as the Indian Ocean "linked to the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel."In the first operation, "Israeli ship MSC Unific was targeted in the Arabian Sea," Yahya Sarea, the Yemeni group's spokesperson said."A U.S.