Mississippi Business Journal » port http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Feds claims MDA has documented only handful of port workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/feds-claims-mda-has-documented-only-handful-of-port-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-claims-mda-has-documented-only-handful-of-port-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/feds-claims-mda-has-documented-only-handful-of-port-workers/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:55:19 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74836 GULFPORT — The federal government says the Mississippi Development Authority has documented only 50 of the 1,286 direct, full-time jobs it claims at the state port, and insists MDA provide records to show all the jobs exist. The Sun Herald obtained a copy of a letter sent April 22 to the MDA from Stanley Gimont, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/feds-claims-mda-has-documented-only-handful-of-port-workers/feed/ 0 Port lets dredging contract, clearing way for wood pellets http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/port-lets-dredging-contract-clearing-way-for-wood-pellets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=port-lets-dredging-contract-clearing-way-for-wood-pellets http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/port-lets-dredging-contract-clearing-way-for-wood-pellets/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 11:22:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74768 PASCAGOULA — Port of Pascagoula commissioners have approved a $1.5-million dredging project to prepare a Bayou Casotte berth for a specialized wood pellet exporting facility. The board awarded the $1.47 million contract to C. F. Bean, LLC for the dredging, testing, transporting and disposing of about 45,000 cubic yards of silts around Terminals E and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/15/port-lets-dredging-contract-clearing-way-for-wood-pellets/feed/ 0 Corps asked to conduct study on proposed port channel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/corps-asked-to-conduct-study-on-proposed-port-channel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corps-asked-to-conduct-study-on-proposed-port-channel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/corps-asked-to-conduct-study-on-proposed-port-channel/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:50:51 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74127 GULFPORT — The Port of Gulfport is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a 47-foot-deep ship channel in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports the corps will take public comment on the proposed study at a meeting May 21 in Gulfport. The port’s request to deepen the 20-mile ship channel [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/corps-asked-to-conduct-study-on-proposed-port-channel/feed/ 0 County to buy abandoned warehouse, industrial property http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/county-to-buy-abandoned-warehouse-at-port/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-to-buy-abandoned-warehouse-at-port http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/county-to-buy-abandoned-warehouse-at-port/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:37:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74005 NATCHEZ — Adams County has agreed to buy a 450,000-square-foot warehouse at the Natchez-Adams County Port. County board of supervisors President Darryl Grennell says the warehouse will help economic development in the area. The warehouse on the Mississippi River houses products loaded on and unloaded off barges. The port has operated the warehouse for Valley [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/29/county-to-buy-abandoned-warehouse-at-port/feed/ 0 EPA wants more information on proposed port expansions http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/epa-wants-more-information-on-proposed-port-expansions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epa-wants-more-information-on-proposed-port-expansions http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/epa-wants-more-information-on-proposed-port-expansions/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:28:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73029 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. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/11/epa-wants-more-information-on-proposed-port-expansions/feed/ 0 Agreement reached to keep NOAA system at port http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/13/agreement-reached-to-keep-noaa-system-at-port/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agreement-reached-to-keep-noaa-system-at-port http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/13/agreement-reached-to-keep-noaa-system-at-port/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:51:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71240 PASCAGOULA — Jackson County Port Authority commissioners have approved an agreement with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain a system that provides helpful navigational information for port users. Under the agreement, port director Mark McAndrews tells The Mississippi Press the port will maintain and operate the Physical Oceanographic Real Time System that was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/13/agreement-reached-to-keep-noaa-system-at-port/feed/ 0 Liability of maritime pilots might be reduced http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/liability-of-maritime-pilots-might-be-reduced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liability-of-maritime-pilots-might-be-reduced http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/liability-of-maritime-pilots-might-be-reduced/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:23:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69728 JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are considering whether to reduce the liability of maritime vessel pilots to $5,000. House Bill 489 passed the House Tuesday. A similar measure, Senate Bill 2781, passed the Senate. The two chambers will exchange bills and must agree on a single one before anything could go to the governor. Vessel pilots [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/liability-of-maritime-pilots-might-be-reduced/feed/ 0 Shippers tip hat to Corps for keeping river open http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/shippers-tip-hat-to-corps-for-keeping-river-open/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shippers-tip-hat-to-corps-for-keeping-river-open http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/shippers-tip-hat-to-corps-for-keeping-river-open/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:01:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67990 MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Barge operators are crediting the hustle by stewards of the Mississippi River for averting a potentially crippling shutdown of the vital commerce artery. Shippers say the Army Corps of Engineers has done all it can to keep the river open. Those efforts include ongoing work to rid a stretch of the river [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/11/shippers-tip-hat-to-corps-for-keeping-river-open/feed/ 0 Commissioners hire firm to find new port director http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/commissioners-hire-firm-to-find-new-port-director/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-hire-firm-to-find-new-port-director http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/commissioners-hire-firm-to-find-new-port-director/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:54:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67686 GULFPORT — A firm has been hired to search for a new director for the Port of Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports the port’s Board of Commissioners voted to hire Boyden Global Executive Search to find a new director. Commissioner John Rester said Boyden has conducted the previous four executive searches for the port and [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/04/commissioners-hire-firm-to-find-new-port-director/feed/ 0 After eight years, port road project is completed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/28/after-eight-years-port-road-project-is-completed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-eight-years-port-road-project-is-completed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/28/after-eight-years-port-road-project-is-completed/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:40:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67340 NATCHEZ — Nearly eight years after its conception and after a number of unavoidable delays, construction on the $3.6 million port road project that will save miles of traffic time for some transport routes is complete. Adams County Engineer Jim Marlow tells The Natchez Democrat the Government Fleet Road extension project, which will save seven [...]

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