Tuberville Visits Alabama Port Authority as Officials Tout Record Revenue Growth
Sen. Tommy Tuberville dropped in on the Alabama Port Authority's monthly meeting as officials touted revenue running well ahead of budget.
Alabama Port Authority’s $24 Million Upper Mobile Bay Marsh Restoration Moves Toward Construction
A $24 million, RESTORE Act-funded project to turn dredged material into 1,200 acres of marsh habitat in Upper Mobile Bay is moving toward construction, Port officials say.
Collapsible Steel Containers Cut Empty Cargo Space at the Port of Mobile
New foldable steel containers at the Port of Mobile are shrinking the space taken up by empty cargo boxes, trimming fuel use and feeding a steel recycling loop between Alabama…
New Weekly Container Service Links Port of Mobile to Northern Europe
A new weekly container service will connect the Port of Mobile directly to ports across Northern Europe starting in May, as five international ocean carriers begin calling on APM Terminals…
Mobile County Commission Backs a New I-10 Bridge Over the Mobile River
The Mobile County Commission issued a joint statement backing a proposed I-10 bridge over the Mobile River, calling the $700 million-to-$1 billion crossing vital to public safety and the region's…
Port of Mobile Expansion Credited with Creating More Than 67,000 Alabama Jobs
Gov. Bob Riley visited the Alabama State Docks this week to tout the economic payoff of a decade of investment in the Port of Mobile, pointing to more than 67,000…
Boom, Boom, Boom: Mobile Counted Its Winnings in the Summer of 2008
Steel at Calvert, tankers at Brookley, a new container terminal and a downtown tower: in mid-2008, Mobile leaders argued the long-promised boom had finally arrived, while cautioning it was not…
Shelby Announces $4.76 Million for Mobile’s State Docks Intermodal Project
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced a $4.76 million federal award to the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile for the State Docks intermodal facility, the second installment of a $20…
Steeling Up: Mobile Wins the Mill and Discovers It Has No Workers
With a German steel giant headed for north Mobile County, local executives warned that the region's real crisis had shifted from recruiting industry to finding and training the people to…
Ten Million Federal Dollars Headed to Choctaw Point and the State Docks Rail Terminal
The U.S. Department of Transportation agreed in February 2007 to release more than $10 million to the Alabama State Port Authority for the Choctaw Point Terminal and an intermodal rail…