ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM MOBILE, ALA – Sept. 6, 2022. Alabama Port Authority Director and CEO, John C. Driscoll, today announced a new External Affairs team, which will lead communications and government relations for the state port authority. “I am pleased to announce the port’s new external affairs team, whose…
CONTAINER TERMINAL DELIVERS STRONGEST MONTH IN HISTORY Port of Mobile continues to set records as fastest growing container terminal in the U.S. MOBILE, ALA – Aug. 15, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority today announced July was its busiest month ever for containerized cargo, breaking fifty thousand TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) for the first time since…
MID-YEAR VOLUMES SHOW DOUBLE AND TRIPLE-DIGIT GROWTH AT PORT OF MOBILE Alabama State Port Authority enters second half of the year with strong track record, promising outlook for containerized shipping. MOBILE, Ala. – July 7, 2022 The Alabama Port Authority released its 2022 year-to-date container volumes which showed double and triple-digit growth across all types of…
PORT OF MOBILE CONTAINER VOLUMES REMAIN ROBUST INTERMODAL RAIL POSTS TRIPLE DIGIT GROWTH MOBILE, Ala. – June 14, 2022 Calendar year-to-date 2022 through May container volumes remained robust at the Port of Mobile posting 225,883 TEUs or an 11.6 percent gain over volumes handled during the same period last year. May 2022 container volumes at…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY AND APM TERMINALS MOBILE INK DEAL CONTAINER TERMINAL ENTERS FOURTH EXPANSION MOBILE, Ala. – May 19, 2022 Alabama’s seaport modernization program remains on track to meet shipper demand and accommodate new vessel services. In keeping with their commitments to service and efficiency, the Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals inked a deal…
PORT OF MOBILE GAINS NEW CENTRAL AMERICAN SERVICE SEALAND BONITA EXPRESS MAKES FIRST CALL MOBILE, Ala. – May 18, 2022 The Alabama Port Authority is pleased to announce new ocean service to and from Central America for containerized cargo shippers. Sealand – a Maersk Company – introduced the Bonita Express, a direct, all-water service between…
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…