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Allee named to subcommittee

MBJ Staff — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:35 +0000

Don Allee, executive director and CEO of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport, has been named to the Port Subcommittee of the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council (MTSNAC). Allee will join other prominent maritime professionals on the panel. Allee has served as Gulfport’s chief executive since 2002 and has nearly 30 years of [...]

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Port study to use market projections to gauge jobs

Clay Chandler — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:00:45 +0000

Before Hurricane Katrina, the estimated number of direct jobs the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport created was 2,500. That number was based on an economic impact study done in 2004, the last time the Mississippi Development Authority evaluated the job-creation figures related to the Port. In the next 60 days, the MDA and the Mississippi [...]

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Nearly full strength

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:00:20 +0000

Port of Gulfport restoring facilities and total cargo to pre-Katrina level With the Port of Gulfport a vital component of the state’s economy, the Mississippi State Port Authority is focusing its restoration efforts in the areas of construction, design and permitting. It is also working to bring the level of business back to what it [...]

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