Rep. Bradley Byrne Returns from Cuba Trip, Says Havana Still Has Work to Do
Rep. Bradley Byrne visited Cuba in 2015 and remained cautious on normalized relations, even as Mobile's port and sister-city ties raised local stakes.
Port of Mobile’s Pinto Terminal Wins National Engineering Honor
The Alabama State Port Authority collected the top engineering honor from the American Association of Port Authorities for the technology deployed at the Port of Mobile's Pinto Terminal.
Senate Confirms Mobile’s Angus Cooper II for Another Term on Alabama Trustees Board
The maritime executive and Cooper/T. Smith chairman was among three trustees reconfirmed by the Alabama Senate to terms running through 2015 on the University of Alabama board.
Port Director Jimmy Lyons Briefed Sunrise Rotary as Mobile’s Docks Boomed
Alabama State Port Authority chief Jimmy Lyons addressed the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile in February 2009, with a $100 million Pinto Island terminal under way to serve the ThyssenKrupp…
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…
Propeller Club Called a Special Meeting as I-10 Bridge Routes Narrowed to Three
With 11 of 14 proposed routes eliminated and transportation officials nearing a decision, Mobile's maritime community convened a public session downtown that organizers called critical to the port's future.
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…
Mobile’s Golden Age: A Retired Banker Traces the City’s Rise, Its Missed Container Revolution and Its Long Plateau
Asked to name Mobile's golden age, a 76-year-old retired banker names three, then explains how the city that hosted the inventor of the container ship failed to capitalize on it…