Jonathan “Jon” Ringo has been named General Counsel for the Port of Lake Charles. The announcement was made by Port Executive Director William J. Rase III. Ringo succeeds Michael K. “Mike” Dees, whose service at the Port spanned four decades. Dees retired in December. Ringo has been Port’s Assistant [...]
The Port is proud to play a major role in Lake Charles' nationally recognized economic success yet again. Gaming, LNG and commerce are among the reasons Southern Business and Development magazine has named Lake Charles a winner for the ninth consecutive year. The city's gaming resorts operate on Port property, [...]
This year marks the 60th anniversary of America's first trans-Atlantic transport of liquefied natural gas — and it took place in Southwest Louisiana. The MV Methane Pioneer left Lake Charles on June 1, 1959, and arrived 15 days later at the Canvey Island Import Terminal in the United Kingdom. The [...]
SUPPORTING McNEESE, SOWELA: The Port of Lake Charles is investing $300,000 each in programs at McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College to maintain strong area economic growth and to help meet the demand for workers in industrial expansion projects and other fields. The Port support will benefit: [...]
An Ever-Widening Role The Port of Lake Charles has anchored the Southwest Louisiana economy for nearly a century. That mission continues in 2019. The Port has come a long way since, say, 1950, when rice was king. Today, it has a far-reaching vision — with a wide-ranging capital projects [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. — In a show of confidence, national credit rating group Moody’s Investor Service upgraded the Port of Lake Charles’ bond rating this month, citing its “strong financial position” and “conservative debt management strategy.” The rating, which measures the Port’s creditworthiness, has increased from A3 to A2 [...]
Crystal Stevenson - Dec 16, 2018 The Port of Lake Charles will be starting off the coming year ranked by Fortune as the No. 7 port in the nation for growth. But director Bill Rase sees that number climbing even higher. "As the year unfolds, things change and rotate [...]
September is National Rice Month, and in celebration, the Calcasieu-Cameron Rice Growers sponsored the 21st Annual Rice Cook Off September 19, 2018, at the Port of Lake Charles. The Port of Lake Charles hosted the event and was the sponsor of the awards luncheon. Family and Consumer Science students from […]
Experts who track the long-term economic growth of Southwest Louisiana are running out of superlatives to describe the record-setting pace of Lake Charles and the surrounding region. When noted economist Dr. Loren C. Scott prepared his annual Louisiana Economic Outlook and presented it in October 2017, he wrote this about […]
2017 will go down as a good year for U.S. trade growth, but that’s coming on the heels of a rarity — two successive years of decline, something that had only happened once before in at least a quarter century. Here is a look at the 10 U.S. seaports where […]