by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: ecosystem, environment, expand, expansion, federal agency, goods, habitat, plan, pollution, port, ship, shipper, shipping, transportation, wildlife
GULFPORT — The federal government wants environmental studies on three projects related to the expansion of the state Port of Gulfport conducted so the impact on the entire Turkey Creek Watershed can be determined. The Environmental Protection Agency made those comments in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Mobile, Ala. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: agency, barge, boat, boater, boating, Commerce, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, federal, goods, government, lake, level, navigation, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, traffic, transportation, water
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Amid strong concerns about the declining level of the already low Mississippi River, the Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from an Illinois lake to add to the flow of the Mississippi. Last Saturday, Corps of Engineers officials began releasing water at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, saying the additional water [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: executive, federal government, goods, grant, job, port, state government, transportation, travel, warehouse, warehousing, work
GULFPORT — Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants quicker action on issues stalling development at the Port of Gulfport. Bryant says the project needs to move forward and produces 1,200 new jobs in order for officials to avoid the chance of losing $500 million in federal money. The governor is worried the project’s unused funds [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: boat, container, distribute, distribution, goods, infrastructure, meeting, moving, open house, port, river, ship, shipper, shipping, travel, water
TUPELO and MOBILE, Ala. — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is encouraging all interested stakeholders to attend two upcoming open house events sponsored by the Tenn-Tom Waterway Authority in Tupelo and Mobile, Ala. In an effort to generate interest from potential container-on-barge services for 2013, the Port of Mobile, Port of Itawamba along with Grow Ports and the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 30,2012
Tags: commission, commissioner, elevation, export, exporter, exporting, goods, hurricane, import, importer, importing, meeting, natural disaster, port, raise, storm, transportation, tropical, Weather
GULFPORT — The state port’s five-member board has set a third special meeting because members were unable to decide in two previous sessions whether the port should continue elevation of the West Pier from 10 feet to 25 feet above sea level. Commissioner Jim Simpson told The Sun Herald port consultants indicated tenants will evacuate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: economic development, employment, goods, grand opening, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, open, operation, port, state government, steel, steelmaker, steelmaking, work, worker
IUKA — Dennen Steel Corp. has opened its new manufacturing facility in the northeastern corner of Mississippi. Gov. Phil Bryant was among those attending a ceremony yesterday at the 50,000-square-foot plant at Yellow Creek Port in Iuka. Workers will turn slit steel coils into precision stampings, fabricated metal parts and assemblies. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: acquisition, appliances, appropriation, budget, facility, goods, higher education, home appliances, hub, Lamar County School Board, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, public, purchase, recreation, school, state agency, transportation, university
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi wants to spend $20 million to transform the former Whirlpool plant into a recreation facility and transportation hub. The Oxford Eagle reports the project is part of a $95-million wish list Ole Miss has presented to the state College Board. Ole Miss bought the 69-acre site for $3.4 million [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 2,2012
Tags: ATM, construction, first responder, general store, goods, groundbreaking, indians, Native Americans, retail, shop, shopper, shopping, spa, tribe
BOGUE CHITTO — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Big Creek General Store Sept. 22 in Bogue Chitto. The 5,200-square-foot retail facility will include a general store, fuel center, bait shop, laundromat, fitness center, ATM and a satellite first responder’s office to house security, police and emergency personnel. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 2,2012
Tags: commission, commissioner, distribution, elevation, goods, hurricane, port, storm, surge, transportation, travel, tropical
GULFPORT — The Board of Commissioners for the state Port of Gulfport will decide later this month whether to move forward with plans to elevate the west pier 25 feet above sea level. Port director Don Allee told the Harrison County Board of Supervisors the plans for elevation will continue until commissioners decide otherwise. He [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: air quality, emmissions, environment, fabricate, fabricator, fine, goods, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, paint, penalty, pollution, pollution control, products, state agency, wildlife
DELISLE — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has fined DuPont Co.’s DeLisle plant $117,000 after pollution control equipment broke down, allowing a smokestack to emit too much during a March 2011 test. DuPont Co., based in Wilmington, Del., makes titanium dioxide, a whitening agent used in paint, paper and plastics, at the Harrison County [...] [...]
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