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Warrior Met Coal To Build $50 Million Barge Facility In Walker County, Ala.

May 20, 2020

Warrior Met Coal, Alabama’s largest producer of metallurgical coal with mines located southwest of Birmingham in Tuscaloosa County, announced in February plans to develop a new longwall mine near its… Read More

Port Of Mobile Completes Expansion Of Container Terminal The terminal extension is part of a $50 million expansion project to reduce vessel berthing conflicts.

The terminal extension is part of a $50 million expansion project to reduce vessel berthing conflicts.

Port Of Mobile Completes Expansion Of Container Terminal

April 20, 2020

The Alabama State Port Authority announced completion March 20 of a 400-foot extension to the APM Terminals Mobile container terminal. The extension, part of a $50 million Phase 3 expansion… Read More

Port of Mobile Welcomes Its Largest Bulk Carrier The bulk carrier Maran Courage was loaded with 133,000 short tons of coal at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

The bulk carrier Maran Courage was loaded with 133,000 short tons of coal at the McDuffie Coal Terminal.

Port of Mobile Welcomes Its Largest Bulk Carrier

March 23, 2020

The Alabama State Port Authority announced it has welcomed the largest bulk cargo ship ever to call on the Port of Mobile. The bulk carrier Maran Courage measures more than… Read More

Maritime Partners Christens Mv. Darrell Hiatt The 2,520 hp. mv. Darrell Hiatt was built by Steiner Construction (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Maritime Partners Christens Mv. Darrell Hiatt

March 13, 2020

Maritime Partners LLC, the Metairie, La.-based owner of 400 towboats and barges on long-term charter, recently took delivery of the mv. Darrell Hiatt, its first of seven vessels from Steiner… Read More

Marina Fire In Northeast Alabama Kills Eight

February 1, 2020

A fire at a popular marina on the Tennessee River’s Lake Guntersville near Scottsboro, Ala., has left eight people dead and destroyed 35 boats. The call came into the Scottsboro… Read More

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala. The Normond McAllister and Hamp Uzzelle are the newest additions to the Parker Towing fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Normond McAllister and Hamp Uzzelle are the newest additions to the Parker Towing fleet. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Parker Towing Christens Two Vessels In Mobile, Ala.

November 27, 2019

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Parker Towing Company christened a pair of towing vessels November 15, naming them for longtime friends and business associates Normond McAllister and the late George Hampton “Hamp” Uzzelle… Read More

Wickliffe’s Economy Boat Store Rededicated After Weathering Storm Ballard County Judge-Executive Todd Cooper cuts the ribbon to officially open Economy Boat Store as operations manager Barry Kelly (left), Wickliffe Mayor David Phillips, David Reynolds, managing director of Economy Boat Store, and Chaplain Kempton Baldridge look on.

Ballard County Judge-Executive Todd Cooper cuts the ribbon to officially open Economy Boat Store as operations manager Barry Kelly (left), Wickliffe Mayor David Phillips, David Reynolds, managing director of Economy Boat Store, and Chaplain Kempton Baldridge look on.

Wickliffe’s Economy Boat Store Rededicated After Weathering Storm

October 25, 2019

The windstorm that decimated Economy Boat Store (EBS) in Wickliffe, Ky., two years ago wasn’t the first natural disaster the company has faced, but through it all the store has… Read More

Wood Pellet Plant Planned On Tenn-Tom

October 11, 2019

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, along with other state and local officials and executives from Bethesda, Md.-based Enviva, gathered in rural Livingston, Ala., the county seat of Sumter County, October 4… Read More

Warrior-Tombigbee Board Focuses On Bright Future

October 11, 2019

Future possibilities for the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) were on full display during the September meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association’s board of directors. The board gathered September 26 at… Read More

Corps, Alabama Sign Mobile Harbor Agreement Col. Sebastien Joly and James Lyons sign PED agreement at the Alabama State Port Authority’s headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Col. Sebastien Joly and James Lyons sign PED agreement at the Alabama State Port Authority’s headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Corps, Alabama Sign Mobile Harbor Agreement

October 4, 2019

Leaders of the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) and the Mobile Engineer District jointly signed the Mobile Harbor Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design Agreement October 2 at ASPA’s headquarters in Mobile. Read More