Port of mobile

 

At Mobile, the Alabama State Port Authority operates the state's full-service, deepwater port on the Gulf of Mexico. The Port of Mobile offers terminal services for shipping lines serving global trade lanes, with 41 berths providing complete service for shippers, including intermodal transfer and handling, warehousing and security.

The port's container, general cargo and bulk facilities have immediate access to two interstate systems, five Class 1 railroads, and nearly 15,000 miles of inland and Intracoastal Waterway connections. Brookley Aeroplex, adjacent to the port, offers air cargo freight forwarding services and two runways: 9,600 feet (2,932 meters) and 7,800 feet (2,377 meters).

At 45 feet (13.7 meters), the port's main channel and a new turning basin provide one of the nation's deepest permanently navigable channels serving post-Panamax ships carrying containers, steels and coal. The port's upper harbor channel is 40 feet in draft (12.2 meters) and services Panamax ships carrying bulk, general cargo roll-off/roll-on, heavy lift and oversized cargoes.

In 2009, the Port of Mobile handled more than 54 million tons of cargo.

Features:

  • Annual throughput capacity: 350,000 TEUs; 800,000 TEUs at full build-out
  • Two post-Panamax cranes (four more planned)
  • Adjacent to Interstate 10 (Florida to California) and 5 miles from Interstate 65 (Mobile to Chicago)
  • Future ICTF access to five Class I railroads
  • Automated gate and yard operations with state-of-the-art container-handling equipment
  • 45-foot channel and berth three hours from sea

Upper Harbor: General cargo; Rail Ferry Terminal; Grain Terminal; Cement Terminal; Freezer Terminal; roll-off/roll-on ramps.

  • 40-foot draft
  • 2.4 million square feet for warehousing and 2.4 million-square-foot open yard
  • Major commodities: wood pulp; iron and steel; chemicals; coal; aluminum; copper; lumber; linerboard paper; heavy lift and oversized cargo; and frozen poultry



Lower Harbor: McDuffie Terminal, Pinto Terminal, APM Terminals Mobile.

  • 45-foot draft with new turning basin accommodating post-Panamax-sized vessels
  • Major commodities: containers; coal; steel
  • 30 million ton annual throughput import/export coal handling terminal
  • 5 million ton annual throughput steel handling terminal

APM Terminal Mobile: Provides shippers new access to and from markets in Midwest, Alabama and neighboring states.

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