by MBJ Staff Published: June 11,2013
Tags: diplomacy, economic development, export, exporter, exporting, governor, international trade, state agency, state government, trade
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant and representatives from the Mississippi Development Authority will lead a delegation of Mississippi companies on a business development mission to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Sept. 9-13. MDA will also host a preceding business development mission to Chile from Sept. 5-7. The trips are designed to connect [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: boat, boater, boating, export, exporter, exporting, feasibility study, import, importer, importing, international trade, port, shiopper, ship, shipping, trade, transportation
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 21,2013
Tags: agency, federal government, food, foreign, global, import, importer, importing, international, market, seafood, shrimp, subsidize, subsidy, trade
GULF OF MEXICO — The U.S. Commerce Department says it is investigating subsidies in seven nations for frozen warmwater shrimp. Gulf of Mexico shrimp processors had asked for the investigation of subsidized imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. “We continue to believe that the long-term survival of the entire Gulf shrimp [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 12,2012
Tags: bench, commodity, court, crime, criminal, fraud, fraudulent, futures, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plea, trade, trading
OLIVE BRANCH — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to making unauthorized wheat futures trades through the Chicago Board of Trade causing MF Global Inc. to lose $141 million. Federal officials in Chicago said 44-year-old Evan Brent Dooley of Olive Branch entered the plea to commodities trading violations. Authorities say he made large, unauthorized overnight [...] [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) expects Mississippi will benefit from Senate passage of legislation to expand trade relations status to Russia. The legislation (HR.6156) also links Russia’s trade status with the United States to fundamental human rights compliance. The Senate approved the measure on a 92-4 vote, clearing the way for it [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: blueprint, corridor, infrastructure, interstate, study, tavel, tourism, tourist, trade, traffic, transportation, vacation, visitor
DESOTO COUNTY — The public gets to ride the preparation trail for six additional months for DeSoto County’s long-awaited Interstate 69/269 International Trade Corridor study, launched in 2010 and now slated for completion by June 30, 2013. The pivotal blueprint — intended to guide development for decades along the route through DeSoto County — originally [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: chamber of commerce, diplomate, elected official, executive, export, exporter, exporting, foreign market, governor, import, importer, importing, international relations, international trade, market, public official, state government, trade
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant and a Canadian diplomat are urging Mississippi’s business community to look north for trading opportunities. Stephen Brereton, Canada’s consul general in Atlanta, spoke before the Mississippi Economic Council yesterday at its annual Hobnob event in Jackson. The Canadian ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer, had been scheduled to attend. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: boat, boat storage, boater, boating, land, marine resources, property, real estate, state agency, swap, trade
OCEAN SPRINGS and BILOXI — Lawyers at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are looking at a proposal to swap land and businesses the DMR owns at the Ocean Springs Harbor for acreage in Biloxi. A DMR spokeswoman tells the Sun Herald legal discussions are taking place. The move would enable a 168-boat storage shed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 14,2012
Tags: cabinet, distribution, export, exporting, federal, goods, government, import, importing, international, official, port, ship, shipping, trade, transportation, travel
GULFPORT — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is expected to visit the Port of Gulfport next Tuesday. Executive director Don Allee tells The Sun Herald LaHood’s office contacted the port, saying he would be in the region and asking if a visit could be arranged. He will have about an hour for the visit. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: boat, boating, Commerce, dredge, dredging, drought, dry, maritime, port, river, severe weather, ship, shipping, trade, traffic, transportation, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage yesterday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said. New Orleans-based Coast Guard spokesman Ryan Tippets said the stretch of river near Greenville has been closed intermittently since Aug. [...] [...]
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