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…
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…
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…
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…