Acrosa to reopen idled La. barge ops

The governor of Louisiana, Arcosa Marine Products Inc. President Thomas Faherty, and the St. Tammany Corp. announced April 10 that Dallas-based firm will make a $7.5M capital investment and create 149 direct jobs to reopen an idled barge manufacturing operations on the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, La., located northeast of Slidell. Arcosa will install new equipment and complete facility upgrades to begin producing barges for customer delivery later in 2019. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in another 236 indirect jobs across the southeast region of Louisiana. Arcosa Marine is a leading manufacturer of barges for inland waterways, and will produce multiple barge types at the Madisonville site. (Source: Louisiana.gov 04/10/19)