by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: contract, elevate, elevation, hurricane, pier, port, storm, storm surge, travel, traznsporation, tropical, Weather
GULFPORT — The state port commission board has reinstated a $19-million contract to elevate the first 37 acres of the West Pier for storm-surge protection, with the understanding the final elevation would be lower than previously intended. The Sun Herald reports W.C. Fore Trucking Inc. was hired yesterday to raise the acreage by about 10 [...] [...]
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 19,2012
Tags: director, disaster, disaster recovery, dredge, dredging, executive, port, resign, resignation, transportation
GULFPORT — The longtime director of Mississippi’s state-owned port is resigning after increasing scrutiny over how the Gulf Coast facility is spending $570 million in federal money it was given after Hurricane Katrina. Gulfport Port director Don Allee will resign Nov. 2, according to a news release distributed today at a port commission meeting After [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: dredge, dredger, dredging, drought, dry, emergency, federal government, low, navigation, port, river, transportation, travel, water, water level
VICKSBURG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bringing in a contract dredge from Greenville to work at the Port of Vicksburg by next week. Corps officials tell the Vicksburg Post the Dredge Iowa is, owned by Illinois-based Great Lakes Barge Dredge and Dock Company. Corps spokesman Kavanaugh Breazeale says the dredge was to [...] [...]
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 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 20,2012
Tags: barge, drought, dry, goods, lock, maritime, port, repair, river, ship, shipping, towboat, traffic, transportation, water, water level
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Shipping resumed today through one of the Mississippi River’s busiest locks after crews completed emergency repairs that took days and that stranded hundreds of barges destined for points north or south. By the time the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopened Lock 27 at Granite City, Ill., just north of St. Louis, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 19,2012
Tags: employee, expansion, facility, fuel, gasoline, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Oil, petroleum, plant, port, REFINERY, work, worker
VICKSBURG — Ergon Refining has announced a $147 million expansion of its operations at the Port of Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Post reports the specialty oils refinery plans new buildings near the Bunge-Ergon ethanol plant and upgrades at its main refinery that will allow the company to process more diverse types of crude. The expansion would [...] [...]
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