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Austal USA Celebrates Opening of Steel Facility At Mobile Shipyard

April 21, 2022

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

Port Of Mobile Receives Grant For Multimodal Investments Port of Mobile’s intermodal container complex.

Port Of Mobile Receives Grant For Multimodal Investments

March 4, 2022

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

Mobile Port Reports Record Container Growth APM Terminals Mobile took delivery August 26 of two rubber tire gantry cranes to support growth at the port’s intermodal container transfer facility. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

APM Terminals Mobile took delivery August 26 of two rubber tire gantry cranes to support growth at the port’s intermodal container transfer facility. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Mobile Port Reports Record Container Growth

September 20, 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… Read More

Enstructure Plans Acquisition Of Patriot Ports

June 21, 2021

Enstructure, a U.S. terminal and logistics company, announced June 17 it has entered into an agreement to acquire Patriot Port Holdings LLC. Patriot Ports, the ports division of Patriot Rail… Read More

Mobile Harbor Deepening, Widening Project Gets Underway EllisIsland002

Mobile Harbor Deepening, Widening Project Gets Underway

June 7, 2021

The Alabama State Port Authority celebrated the official launch May 21 of the construction phase of the project to deepen and widen the Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower… Read More

Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers Tier 4 Towboat The mv. Gretchen V. Cooper is powered by two Tier 4 Caterpillar C3512E main engines.

Blakeley BoatWorks Delivers Tier 4 Towboat

April 16, 2021

Blakeley BoatWorks (BBW), the shipbuilding subsidiary of Cooper/T. Smith, has built and delivered an EPA Tier 4-compliant towing vessel to sister company Cooper Marine & Timberlands (CMT). The mv. Gretchen… Read More

Blakeley Delivers Mv. Mary Lynn Cooper The 1,600 hp. mv. Mary Lynn Cooper is the first of two towboats that Blakeley BoatWorks is building for Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation.

The 1,600 hp. mv. Mary Lynn Cooper is the first of two towboats that Blakeley BoatWorks is building for Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation.

Blakeley Delivers Mv. Mary Lynn Cooper

February 26, 2021

Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation (CMT), a part of the Cooper Group of companies based in Mobile, Ala., recently took delivery of the first of two vessels from Blakeley BoatWorks,… Read More

Whitaker Marine Begins Operations Despite COVID-19 Pandemic The Rylee Paige is one of six boats in the Whitaker Marine fleet.

Whitaker Marine Begins Operations Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

September 4, 2020

Despite months of restrictions related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the maritime industry has soldiered on, transporting the cargoes that feed and fuel the nation and… Read More

Mobile Harbor Agreement Signed Col. Sebastien Joly and John Driscoll sign project agreement to deepen the Port of Mobile to 50 feet. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Col. Sebastien Joly and John Driscoll sign project agreement to deepen the Port of Mobile to 50 feet. (Photo courtesy of Alabama State Port Authority)

Mobile Harbor Agreement Signed

June 19, 2020

Mobile Engineer District Commander Col. Sebastien Joly and John Driscoll, director and CEO of the Alabama State Port Authority, met June 17 to sign the project partnership agreement (PPE) for… 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