Bay Ship Management Inc. operates oceangoing, military vessels important to the strategic sealift of the United States. We operate the eight Fast Sealift ships which carried 12% of the tonnage to the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War. We also operate five Large
Medium Speed RO/RO (LMSR) vessels for Military Sealift Command, and we have operated five tankers for the Maritime Administration (MarAd).
As the national non-profit trade association for the dredging industry, the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) provides a full range of association services to its member companies. DCA represents the industry on key issues before Congress and is an active partner to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public port authorities, state and local governments, as well as allied construction and maritime organizations.
The deep-water Port of Greater Baton Rouge is situated at the convergence of the Mississippi River (part of the Inland Waterways System) and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which links major Gulf ports between north Florida and south Texas.
This strategic location provides ready access to the nation's heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transportation, as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.
A 45-foot deep channel is maintained from the port to the Gulf by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.