by Associated Press Published: September 19,2011
Tags: construction, port, road, roadbuilding, transportation, travel
NATCHEZ — Workers have been busy using heavy machinery to cut through a bluff in Natchez as part of a road project aimed at increasing access to the Mississippi River city’s port. Truck drivers will eventually have about six miles cut off their round trips to the port once the Government Fleet Road extension is [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
GULFPORT — A Florida contractor has been hired to complete an environmental-impact statement on a Mississippi port’s plans to expand and elevate to the south. The state’s port in Gulfport already had permission to fill and raise 200 acres on the West Pier, a process that has begun. Joe Conn, the port’s disaster-recovery director, tells [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 3,2010
Tags: maritime, port, transportation
GULFPORT — The Port of Gulfport and the Panama Canal Authority have signed an agreement that will allow for joint marketing ventures, information sharing and technological exchange. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Panama Canal Authority administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta and Port Authority at Gulfport executive director Donald Allee participated in yesterday’s announcement in Panama City. Barbour [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 18,2010
VICKSBURG — An offer to renovate the old plantation house at Ceres has been rejected as Warren County Port Commission members took two offers to demolish the structure under advisement. By unanimous vote, the commission chose to consider a $23,500 offer from Vicksburg-based Buford Construction and one for $24,184 from Madison-based Bulldog Construction. Under both, [...] [...]
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