Alabama State Port Authority
Alabama State Port Authority’s growth story transcends geographical luck
If you’re looking for hopeful economic news, look toward the Southeastern ports — specifically the Port of Mobile in Alabama.
2021 is looking to be another strong year for the port’s containerized cargo growth, and it’s partly because transit times between Asia and the U.S. inlands are comparable via the Port of Mobile — an alternative gateway for international shippers to reach four major population centers in one day: the U.S. Gulf, East Coast, Midwest and Canada.
The unprecedented...
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Career Tracks: Plug Power charts growth with new CMO
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions, has hired Preeti Pande as its chief marketing officer.
The Latham, New York, company said in an announcement that Pande “will lead and facilitate growth and increased sales by developing a comprehensive marketing strategy that will promote brand recognition and transform the green energy market through Plug Power’s hydrogen solutions.”
Plug Power said it created the first commercially viable market for hydrogen fuel cell...
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Maersk’s rainbow containers deliver post-hurricane aid
Maersk’s two new rainbow-colored containers delivered more than 36,000 pounds of bottled water, nonperishable food and emergency supplies collected for distribution to people affected by Hurricane Laura in the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area.
Maersk said the Pride containers reflect the company’s dedication to diversity and inclusion. In addition to the use of the containers, Maersk and APM Terminals donated all services connected with the relief effort, including collection, consolidation and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/maersks-rainbow-containers-deliver-post-hurricane-aid
Cristobal closes Port of New Orleans terminals
Port of New Orleans terminals were closed Monday after Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Sunday evening.
Although the storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression and moved east on Monday, terminals were closed “given the continued heavy rainfall and uncertainty of rain and wind conditions,” said Renee Aragon Dolese, Port NOLA’s director of marketing and communications.
She said Port NOLA expected normal business operations at the New Orleans Terminal and...
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Good economic news: BendPak opens Alabama distribution center
The opening of BendPak’s Alabama distribution center (DC) is good news in a time when there is very little good news.
“The economic outlook globally is stressed and uncertain. BendPak investing in Mobile shows economic confidence is out there and the public gets some good economic news,” said Jimmy Lyons, director emeritus of the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA).
BendPak, which manufactures and sells automotive lifts used in car dealerships and parking garages, has opened a 100,000-square-foot...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/good-economic-news-bendpak-opens-alabama-distribution-center
Port of Mobile to deepen, widen deepwater channel
The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) director and chief executive officer James K. Lyons and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District commander Colonel Sebastien Joly have signed the Mobile Harbor Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design Agreement at the Port Authority’s headquarters in downtown Mobile. The engineering and design phase establishes the construction parameters to deepen and widen Alabama’s only deepwater seaport.
“This agreement is a critical step toward...
https://www.workboat.com/news/bluewater/port-of-mobile-to-deepen-widen-deepwater-channel/