ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY FIRST QUARTER POST CONTINUED GROWTH INTERMODAL RAIL CARGO TRIPLES AT PORT OF MOBILE MOBILE, ALA – May 10, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority released its April 2022 results for container volumes through the Port of Mobile showing a 39.7% increase over April 2021 volumes The port’s container intermodal transfer facility posted 112.6%…
DOUBLE DIGIT CONTAINER VOLUME GROWTH CONTINUES AT PORT OF MOBILE MOBILE, ALA – March 16, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority released its February 2022 container volumes, increasing its refrigerated cargo by 54.2% over January 2022 volumes. Intermodal rail transfers experienced a 12.4 percent gain over the prior month’s volumes handling 2,898 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs).…
SHELBY ANNOUNCES $1 BILLION FOR MOBILE IN FY22 BILLS Washington, DC. – March 10, 2022. Package Includes Significant Funding for Port of Mobile, Mobile Downtown Airport, Shipbuilding, Fisheries, University of South Alabama
MOBILE AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MULTIMODAL INVESTMENTS MOBILE, Ala. – March 2, 2022. The U.S. Department of Transportation today awarded $100 million to two Alabama transportation authorities to construct multi-modal transportation assets in Mobile, Ala. The Mobile Airport Authority (MAA) and the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) jointly competed for…
Port of Mobile Container Volumes Continue Upward Trend MOBILE, Ala. – February 18, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority released its January 2022 container volumes posting the 3rd highest lift rate in the container terminal’s history with 47,768 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) – a 17.5 percent increase year over year when compared to January 2021. Refrigerated…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY TO BUILD AN INLAND INTERMODAL TRANSFER FACILITY AT MONTGOMERY, ALA MOBILE, Ala. – January 28, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority board of directors approved this week a $2.042 million purchase of 272 acres in Montgomery, Ala., to construct an inland container intermodal transfer (ICTF) facility. The project will extend intermodal rail service…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVE NAMED TO ATLANTA FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW ORLEANS BRANCH MOBILE, Ala. – January 24, 2022. The Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) of Atlanta announced the appointment of John C. Driscoll, director and chief executive officer of the Alabama Port Authority, to its New Orleans Branch board of directors. The board of…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY REBRANDS: POSITIONS PORT OF MOBILE FOR FUTURE GROWTH MOBILE, Ala. – January 10, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority unveiled today its new website and a harmonious family of new brandmarks aimed at highlighting the capabilities and connectivity at one of the nation’s largest deep-water seaports. The new website – www.ALPorts.com – utilizes…
PORT OF MOBILE POSTS RECORD CONTAINERIZED CARGO GROWTH MOBILE, Ala. – January 10, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority said calendar year 2021 containerized cargo volumes climbed to a record 502,623 TEUs up nearly 19% from 2020 volumes. To date, the terminal has handled over 3.6 million TEUs since containerized operations began in 2008. Since, 2015, the…
ALABMA PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES EXTENDED PUBLIC NOTICE PERIOD FOR ITS UPPER MOBILE BAY WETLAND CREATION PROJECT MOBILE, Ala. – January 3, 2022. The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) requested and received permission from the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to extend until February 3, 2022, the public comment period associated with a planning project…