by Associated Press Published: May 24,2012
Tags: athletics, bowling, comm, Commercial Real Estate, entertainment, ercial property, ports, property, real estate, shippers, shipping, ships, sportds, tourism, tourists, visitors
GULFPORT — A family entertainment venue that would include a baseball stadium, theater, bowling alley, restaurants and shops is being proposed for the state port in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports Tim Bennett, a partner in relocating the Atlanta Braves AA Mississippi Braves team to Pearl, has been looking for eight years for the right [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 23,2012
Tags: construction, contract, contractors, courts, dispute, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, ports, shippers, shipping, ships
GULFPORT — A contract dispute has put on hold elevation work at the state port in Gulfport. The port’s West Pier is being expanded, elevated and updated to house a modern containerized cargo operation. When completed, the pier will include 180 acres elevated for storm-surge protection by 15 feet, to 25 feet above sea level. [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Hundreds of least terns are nesting on the state port’s West Pier in Gulfport. Port Restoration director Joe Conn tells the Sun Herald the port is submitting a plan to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to work around the birds. The port’s West Pier is being expanded, elevated and updated to house a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2012
Tags: bills, executive, exporters, exporting, exports, governor, importers, importing, imports, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, ports, shipping, ships, state government, trade, transportation
GULFPORT — Legislation that removes the Port of Gulfport and its $570 million post-Hurricane Katrina expansion and renovation from state government oversight has been signed by the governor. House Bill 1091 took effect with Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature this past week. The bill exempts the Port of Gulfport from state-agency bidding and purchasing oversight [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 9,2012
Tags: federal government, harbor pilots, infrastructure, investment, maritime, ports, shipping, ships, strategic policy, trade associations, transportation
BILOXI — Former Gov. Haley Barbour, speaking to a regional gathering of Gulf states harbor pilots, called for a “bias for action and a sense of urgency…for increased U.S. investment in waterways infrastructure and a national strategic policy to prepare and equip U.S. ports in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Seaboard for increased [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2012
Tags: construction, disaster, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, distribution, elevation, flooding, floods, hurricanes, natural disaster, ports, shipping, ships, transportation, tropical storms, tropical weather
GULFPORT — A $19.1 million contract has been awarded by the Port of Gulfport to elevate the first 43 acres of the West Pier to 25 feet. The Sun Herald reports W.C. Fore Trucking Inc. of Biloxi will be hauling roughly 200 loads of dirt a day to the Port of Gulfport. Officials say it [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: accident, barge, grounding, investigation, military, river, shipping, ships, towboatsd, traffic
U.S. Coast Guard investigators are trying to determine how a barge ran aground yesterday on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Coast Guard officials tell WTVA-TV the incident happened around 5 a.m. at mile marker 445 near the Yellow Creek Port. The barge was one of five being pushed by the motor vessel Crimson White when the lead [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 17,2012
Tags: accident, barge, collision, distribution, environment, exporter, exporting, exports, goods, importer, importing, imports, maritime traffic, Oil, oil spill, river traffic, shipping, ships, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil tanker barge collided with another barge on the Mississippi River, spilling oil and leading officials to close a five-mile stretch of the river. Officials say the collision happened around 2 a.m. today about 50 miles upriver from New Orleans. The wreck tore a gash into [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 17,2012
Tags: cargo, distribution, economy, exporters, exports, goods, importers, imports, ports, shipping, ships, trade
GULFPORT — The Port of Gulfport reports stronger cargo volume in 2011, handling in excess of 216,000 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units), which represents an increase of 3.6 percent compared to 2010. Overall, more than 2.2 million tons of cargo moved through Gulfport, representing a year-over-year increase of 3.2 percent. “We experienced solid growth in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2012
Tags: cargo, dredging, economy, engineers, navigation, river, shipping, ships, silt, trade, transportation
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The U.S. economy faces losing billions of dollars in trade unless the Army Corps of Engineers’ budget for dredging the Mississippi River is increased to prevent the river from silting in, according to a new study commissioned by businesses that rely on the river. Every year, the corps keeps the channel open [...] [...]
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