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Stephen J. Bordes & Greg Chase Join Maritime Partners as CFO and CLO, Respectively
NEW ORLEANS, March 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Maritime Partners, LLC (“Maritime Partners”), a leading provider of maritime financing solutions primarily focused on Jones Act vessels, has recently added Stephen J. Bordes and Greg Chase to its executive leadership team.
Bordes joins Maritime Partners as its Chief Financial Officer with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of finance and fund managemen...

Ready your white linen and mark your calendars. Your sartorial summer soirée is back!
On August 3, as we gather in the Warehouse Arts District from 5-10 p.m. to celebrate the 30th anniversary of White Linen Night, we will also see the return of 504ward’s signature summer event: 504ward Cool & Connected. The white-clad confab that began in 2012 as the 504ward Connections Party returns to your itinerary as a must-see on your stroll down the art-laden corridor.
From 6-9 p.m. in the newly renovat...

Maritime Partners, LLC ("Maritime Partners"), a leading provider of maritime financing solutions primarily focused on Jones Act vessels, has completed the successful acquisition of e1 Marine LLC ("e1 Marine"), a pioneer in hydrogen generation technology for the marine sector.

e1 Marine provides clean energy technologies, including advanced methanol-to-hydrogen generation products, which...

Phase. Two. As the rest of Louisiana moves forward into the next phase of reopening, Orleans Parish, for now, is not quite ready to leave this phase.
But worry not. Although we still can’t gather en masse or tailgate for our blessed New Orleans Saints this fall, there are still things we can do downtown to enjoy our leisure time as we wait out the countdown.
Grab your beret and a pumpkin spice anything, and take in some NOLA art.
Ways to be an autumn art lover in 2020:
This month, tw...

With non-essential businesses and services shut down across the state due to the coronavirus pandemic, some Louisianans have found themselves not only stuck inside but also out of work. According to new data, the Pelican State now has the tenth most impacted workforce by the coronavirus pandemic. The Louisiana Workforce Commission has reported that more than 300,000 Louisiana residents whose employment was affected by COVID-19 have filed unemployment claims. Though not all businesses...

It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s summer; which means the time has yet again come for droves of art patrons and revelers alike to garb themselves in linens woven of white and gather in the streets to party like an artist. Julia Street to be precise. The annual art-meets-wine extravaganza known as Whitney White Linen Night is once again upon us.

Plaques, historic markers and monuments, family albums and stories recounted between generations, or those read in books or watched in documentary. If there is one truth that can be gleaned from these things, it is this: History is important to people.

New Orleans-based non-profit The Idea Village, a business development organization that caters to entrepreneurs, hosted its 9th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), bringing together young professionals, startups, investors and industry leaders from all over the nation from April 19-24.

In the spirits of service and loyalty on which the United States Marine Corps was founded in 1775, celebrated New Orleans chef, restauranteur and corps veteran John Besh hosted his 10th annual Marine Corp birthday at Luke Restaurant on November 10.

Marines from all over the New Orleans region and some from even as far as Kansas, both retired and active, gathered in celebration of the occasion.

From Super Soakers and swimming pools to Slip ‘N Slides and sprinklers on the front lawn, kids (and some adults) find some of the most fun yet (often) least expensive ways to survive the heat of summer. In New Orleans, one of those ways might even include multiple day or nighttime showers. This method, however, could come at a much higher cost.

Collision. For many, the word might conjure images of twisted metal, shards of glass strewn about the street and a choir of sirens rushing to the rescue. But for New Orleans’ growing tech and startup communities, the word is more or less synonymous with opportunity.

Winter is coming. And while we, fortunately, don’t have to face the looming threat to all things living that is White Walkers, there is still one looming threat to our homes that we will have to face: The cost of heating our homes in the winter.

New Orleans, LA — During his first ever visit to New Orleans, the French ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, professed his love for the city and its nearly 300 years of history, but says what most excites him is the city’s future.

"My grace is enough for you, for in weakness power reaches perfection." The scripture is pulled from 2 Corinthians 12:9, and while few may recognize the scripture itself, many will recognize the man for whom it has been a beacon: Bishop Fernand J. Cheri III.

After 11 long years, the globally-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem, founded by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook in 1969 to bring classical ballet to the youths of Harlem, is returning to once again perform for audiences in New Orleans.