Hurricane Sally made landfall in the early morning hours September 16 near Gulf Shores, Ala., as a Category 2 storm. Remarkably, Sally made landfall 16 years to the day—almost to… Read More
Port of Mobile
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council is set to hold its annual conference at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., August 25–27, with measures in place to prevent the spread… Read More
There’s a new executive at the helm of one of the major deepwater seaports that connect with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. John Driscoll began as the CEO of the Alabama… Read More
The NSU Voyager, a Newcastle Max-class bulk cargo ship, called on the Port of Mobile’s McDuffie Coal Terminal recently, loading a record 135,484 short tons of export metallurgical grade coal. Read More
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
The Alabama State Port Authority board of directors has named John Driscoll, maritime director for the Port of Oakland, as the successor to Jimmy Lyons, longtime director and chief executive… Read More
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
The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) signed a concession agreement January 22 with AutoMOBILE International Terminal (AIT) for the operation of the Port of Mobile’s forthcoming automobile roll on/roll off… Read More
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
The harbor deepening movement taking the nation’s coastal waterways by storm has come to Alabama’s Port of Mobile. The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) has announced that the U.S. Army… Read More
