2022 Record Year for Containerized Shipping in Mobile Port of Mobile breaks 560K TEU for the first time in the history of operations. MOBILE, ALA – Jan. 20, 2023. The Alabama Port Authority today announced record container shipping numbers for the 2022 calendar year, with 563,191 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled. These numbers…
Alabama’s Port Triples Economic Impact, Delivers $85 Billion in Value to State Jobs created by the Port nearly doubled from 2019-2021 MOBILE, ALA – Oct. 24, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority today announced the results of its 2021 Economic Impact Study, which showed that the Port of Mobile, harbor-wide delivered $85 billion in value to…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY REBRANDS: POSITIONS PORT OF MOBILE FOR FUTURE GROWTH MOBILE, Ala. – January 10, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority unveiled today its new website and a harmonious family of new brandmarks aimed at highlighting the capabilities and connectivity at one of the nation’s largest deep-water seaports. The new website – www.ALPorts.com – utilizes…
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…
ALABMA PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES EXTENDED PUBLIC NOTICE PERIOD FOR ITS UPPER MOBILE BAY WETLAND CREATION PROJECT MOBILE, Ala. – January 3, 2022. The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) requested and received permission from the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to extend until February 3, 2022, the public comment period associated with a planning project…
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…
ASPA INVITES PUBLIC TO AN INFORMATIVE VIRTUAL MEETING RE: UPPER MOBILE BAY WETLAND CREATION PLANNING PROJECT MOBILE, Ala. – September 10, 2021. The Alabama State Port Authority invites the public to participate in a virtual meeting concerning the Upper Mobile Bay Beneficial Use Wetland Creation Site (Planning) Project. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September…
PORT OF MOBILE HARBOR CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY DEEPENING AND WIDENING TO BE COMPLETED BY 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – May 21, 2021. Alabama’s seaport modernization program began construction today to deliver, by the year 2025, a deeper and wider Mobile Ship Channel and improve the lower harbor turning basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has executed…
ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES WETLAND CREATION PLANNING NOW UNDERWAY MOBILE, Ala. – May 20, 2021. Planning is underway for the creation of 1,200 acres of wetlands in the Upper Mobile Bay through the beneficial use of dredged sediments, according to the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA). The project, known as the Upper Mobile Bay…