Austal USA hosted a curtain drop ceremony April 12 to celebrate the opening of the company’s state-of-the-art steel facility in Mobile, Ala. More than 200 guests attended, including representatives from… Read More
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Bayou La Batre, an active waterway just west of Alabama’s Mobile Bay, has been home to Steiner Construction Company since 2003. Founded by Russell T. “Bubba” Steiner, the shipyard, over… Read More
Master Boat Builders Inc. announced March 9 the delivery of a new 4,000-hp. tug to Polaris New Energy. Named Polaris, the tug will be coupled with the recently delivered barge Clean… Read More
Rapid container volume growth is continuing at the Port of Mobile in Alabama. The Alabama Port Authority has released its February 2022 container volumes, increasing its refrigerated cargo by 54.2… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Alabama Port Authority and the Mobile Airport Authority a $100 million grant to build multimodal transportation assets in the Mobile region. The… Read More
The board of directors of the Alabama Port Authority has approved the purchase of 272 acres near Montgomery, Ala., for more than $2 million. The port plans to build an… Read More
Extensive work, including dewatering the main chamber, is scheduled to begin February 23 at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River after about two years of planning. The closure… Read More
Over the past 20 years, he’s been a pig farmer, sewer inspector, a shrimper, a casino food recycler, a well digger, a bridge painter, a wind farm technician, a high-rise… Read More
With port congestion and logistics issues, particularly at ports on the East and West coasts, in the news of late, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has seized the opportunity to highlight… Read More
Master Boat Builders, Coden, Ala., announced November 12 that it has launched an electric-hybrid tug for Seabulk. Named Spartan, the tug is planned for a January 2022 delivery. “Master Boat… Read More
