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Commission, rail company disagree over bridge fees

Associated Press — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:49 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Vicksburg Bridge Commission and the Kansas City Southern Railway have been at odds for eight years on what the railroad will pay to run trains across the Mississippi River on the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge. In September 2005, the five-member commission adopted a per-car rate of $14 — more than triple [...]

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Railroad company establishes new scholarship at USM Gulf Coast

MBJ Staff — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:47:45 +0000

LONG BEACH and MOSS POINT — In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Mississippi Export Railroad Company has established the Mississippi Export Railroad Gulf Coast Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $50,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Foundation. “Moss Point, Miss., has been the home of Mississippi Export Railroad for 90 years,” said Greg Luce, [...]

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CF Rail Services buys another railcar repair facility

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:27:53 +0000

CF Rail Services has assumed the operations of the railcar repair facility located at in Longview, Wash. As part of its partnership with Patriot Rail Corp., which began with CF Rail Services operating three Patriot-owned facilities in September of 2011, CF Rail Services will assume this current railcar repair operation as well as assuming most [...]

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Fresh produce rolling out of State Port

Associated Press — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:25:21 +0000

GULFPORT — The coolers at Gulf Coast International Cargo are stacked high with thousands of cases of melons from Central America. The melons are moving through Gulfport on its way to Christmas dinner tables across America. WLOX-TV reports it’s a perishable food “dream come true” for Mike Alise and his company. “A lot of this [...]

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MSE chooses Savage to operate transload facility

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:09:59 +0000

HELENA — Savage Companies of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) have entered into a preliminary agreement under which Savage will operate a multi-user transload facility owned by MSE in Helena. The new facility is located approximately 15 miles north of Pascagoula and within close proximity to four major ports, including [...]

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