Logistics, Distribution & Maritime
Austal Begins Building Fourth LCU
Mobile-based Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at its ship manufacturing facility on December...
Amtrak Service To Get Platform Upgrades
Amtrak is expected to award a design contract soon for a permanent platform to replace the temporary aluminum platform in Mobile for its train route...
Cargo Terminal Modernization Starts At Port Of Mobile
The Alabama Port Authority has begun demolition and reconstruction of Pier B South, launching a multiyear, multiphase program to modernize the Port of Mobile’s general...
Amtrak Is Proving Highly Popular
Popularity of the twice-daily Amtrak train route between Mobile and New Orleans has far exceeded expectations, with more than 46,000 riders since its August 18...
Master Boat Announces $60-Million Expansion
Master Boat Builders, Inc. of Coden plans to build a $60-million, 150,000-ft2 manufacturing and training facility dedicated to government and defense shipbuilding programs, NBC15 News...
Otto Named Director, CEO Of Port Authority
Doug Otto has been named director and CEO of the Alabama Port Authority, it announced. Otto has served as interim director and CEO since August....
Container Terminal Expansion Announced
The Alabama Port Authority (APA) and APM Terminals Mobile have agreed to proceed with construction of a new 1,300-ft container berth at the south end...
Vexxil Makes Two Acquisitions
Vexxil Energy of Daphne has announced its acquisition of Direct Fuel Transport (DFT) and McGuire Oil Co. (MOCO), both of which are headquartered in Mobile....
Gulf Distributing Opens New Headquarters In Mobile
Gulf Distributing opened its new headquarters in the restored Press-Register building in Downtown Mobile on October 23. Representing an investment of more than $60 million,...
Turner Supply Acquires Benchmark Industrial Supply Assets
Mobile-based industrial supply distributor Turner Supply, an industrial supply distributor serving industry since 1905, announces the purchase of certain assets of Nashville-based Benchmark Industrial Supply....
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