PORT OF MOBILE CONTAINERIZED CARGO GROWTH CONTINUES MOBILE, ALA – October 12, 2021. Containerized cargo volumes continue to climb in September due in part to cargo shifts into uncongested gateways servicing key North American markets. Container volume through the Port of Mobile marked its third highest lift in September delivering a 27 percent year to date…
PORT OF MOBILE POSTING RECORD GROWTH AS MIDWEST SUPPLY CHAINS SHIFT MOBILE, ALA – September 16, 2021. Containerized cargo volumes continue to climb in 2021 as shippers seek uncongested gateways servicing key North American markets. In August, container volume through the Port of Mobile increased 34 percent over August 2020 volume, while year-to-date volume posted…
ASPA INVITES PUBLIC TO AN INFORMATIVE VIRTUAL MEETING RE: UPPER MOBILE BAY WETLAND CREATION PLANNING PROJECT MOBILE, Ala. – September 10, 2021. The Alabama State Port Authority invites the public to participate in a virtual meeting concerning the Upper Mobile Bay Beneficial Use Wetland Creation Site (Planning) Project. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September…
PORT OF MOBILE HARBOR CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY DEEPENING AND WIDENING TO BE COMPLETED BY 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – May 21, 2021. Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction today to deliver, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has executed…
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES WETLAND CREATION PLANNING NOW UNDERWAY MOBILE, Ala. – May 20, 2021. Planning is underway for the creation of 1,200 acres of wetlands in the Upper Mobile Bay through the beneficial use of dredged sediments, according to the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA). The project, known as the Upper Mobile Bay…
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY NAMES CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER DRISCOLL NAMES CHANGES TO PORT AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT MOBILE, Ala. – February 9, 2021. John Driscoll, director and chief executive officer announced Beth Ann Frisher will join the Alabama State Port Authority senior management team as the new Chief Commercial Officer effective February 18, 2021. “Beth stood out…
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2021 MOBILE, Ala. – December 22, 2020. The Alabama State Port Authority applauded today’s final passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which funds the federal government through September 30, 2021, and provides over $900 million in COVID-19 relief for struggling Americans.…
Port of Mobile Sets another Export Metallurgical Coal Loading Record October 12, 2020, Mobile Ala. – The Alabama State Port Authority set another export coal shipment record loading 146,479 short tons (132,883.5 metric tons) at its McDuffie Coal Terminal. The coal was loaded to the Newcastle Max class bulk carrier, NSU WELFARE, which matches the…
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY’S SHORTLINE RAILROAD RECOGNIZED FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN SAFETY August 20, 2020, Mobile, Ala. — The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has awarded two of its prestigious President’s Awards to the Alabama State Port Authority’s Terminal Railway – Alabama State Docks (TASD). The association annual releases those short line railroads…
Governor Kay Ivey Names Three New Members, Reappoints One to the Alabama State Port Authority Board August 18, 2020, Mobile, Ala. – Three new board members will take their seats this month, when the Alabama State Port Authority’s board of directors meet on business matters concerning the state’s only seaport. Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Tony…