by Ted Carter Published: November 2,2012
Tags: GULFPORT, Hurricane Katrina, Panama Canal, Port of Gulfport
Eager to shorten the time frame for upgrading and enlarging the Port of Gulfport, port commissioners last Tuesday agreed to scale back plans to elevate the West Pier to 25 feet as part of a $500 million-plus restoration and expansion of Mississippi’s main seaport. The choice ahead is whether to elevate to 12 feet or [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: November 2,2012
Tags: GULFPORT, Mississippi Sound, Panama Canal, Port of Gulfport
The Mississippi State Port Commission expects to hire a search firm to recruit a replacement for Don Allee, who departed his post as executive director and CEO of the Mississippi State Port Authority Nov. 2. Allee ran the Port of Gulfport for 11 years, having previously served as a port executive in Freeport, Texas, and [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: April 1,2012
Tags: Ashley Furniture, Boston Consulting Group, Caterpillar, China, Franklin Furniture Institute, furniture, La-Z-Boy, Leland Speed, manufacturing, Mexico, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi State Port Authority, Mississippi State University, Panama Canal, Port of Gulfport, reshoring
As director of Mississippi State University’s Franklin Furniture Institute, Bill Martin has an up-close familiarity with the American “reshoring” trend, especially its implications for furniture manufacturing in Mississippi. He’s not convinced the trend of factories leaving China to return to the United States has arrived in Mississippi, but change is under way and the Magnolia [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Bob Tyler, Carol Hardwick, Filmmaking Is Economic Development, Jim Barksdale, Millsaps College, Mississippi, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Economic Development Council, Mississippi Energy Policy Institute, Mississippi State University, Nigeria, Panama Canal, Staying on Top of Effective Marketing Tools, Staying on Top of Your Game, Thomas Broadus, University Round Tables, Water Valley
Carol Hardwick is executive director and COO of Jackson-based Mississippi Economic Development Council, which serves economic development and chamber professionals statewide. Hardwick studied political science at Millsaps College before working for Sen. Thad Cochran, coordinating to his 1990 and 1996 campaigns and handling PAC fundraising. Hardwick joined MEDC in 2002. She and husband, Phil, a [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: July 10,2011
Tags: GULFPORT, Panama Canal, port, trade
Completion of the Port of Gulfport’s rebuilding should coincide well with the expected trade growth from the expanded Panama Canal as well as Latin America, port officials say. Port director Don Allee may not get the 50-foot shipping channel the Port of Gulfport would need to take full advantage of a massive increase in Asian [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: August 22,2010
Tags: Panama Canal, Technological University of Panama, University of Southern Mississippi, workforce development
Southern Miss a major player in deal with Panama On Aug. 2, a delegation of state leaders, including Gov. Haley Barbour, were on hand for the signing of an historic memorandum of understanding between the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport and the Panama Canal Authority. The agreement, the first of its kind between [...] [...]
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