The Alabama Port Authority has completed the fourth phase of its container terminal expansion.
The Port of Mobile is one of 36 ports nationwide where workers are striking to ask for better wages and no automation.
The widening and deepening project has been underway since May 2021 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2025.
The Alabama Port Authority – Port of Mobile, sent a letter to the Mobile Baykeeper urging the environmental group to rescind its threat of legal action over the harbor deepening and widening project.
U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) oppose a proposed rule that would establish a 28,000-square-mile Critical Habitat for the Rice’s whale within the Gulf of Mexico.
State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger’s Island) is taking aim at “far left environmental advocates” for suggested federal regulations that would force the Port of Mobile to shut down its nighttime operations.
Alabama ranked 29 among all U.S. states and territories for average state employee salary in 2021. Nevertheless, its highest-paid employee makes almost double what the highest-paid federal employee makes.
The Alabama Port Authority is “closely monitoring” the ongoing labor negotiations between major railroad companies and their employees across the nation, according to a Port of Mobile spokeswoman.
Richard Shelby boasted about the progress of the Port of Mobile during an interview with Mobile NBC affiliate WPMI, He predicted an uptick in business upon completion in the years to come.
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