ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM MOBILE, ALA – Sept. 6, 2022. Alabama Port Authority Director and CEO, John C. Driscoll, today announced a new External Affairs team, which will lead communications and government relations for the state port authority. “I am pleased to announce the port’s new external affairs team, whose…
CONTAINER TERMINAL DELIVERS STRONGEST MONTH IN HISTORY Port of Mobile continues to set records as fastest growing container terminal in the U.S. MOBILE, ALA – Aug. 15, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority today announced July was its busiest month ever for containerized cargo, breaking fifty thousand TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) for the first time since…
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…
ALABAMA PORT AUTHORITY FIRST QUARTER POST CONTINUED GROWTH INTERMODAL RAIL CARGO TRIPLES AT PORT OF MOBILE MOBILE, ALA – May 10, 2022. The Alabama Port Authority released its April 2022 results for container volumes through the Port of Mobile showing a 39.7% increase over April 2021 volumes The port’s container intermodal transfer facility posted 112.6%…
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 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…