Strong container shipping growth is continuing at the Port of Mobile.
The container terminal at the Port of Mobile is operated by APM Terminals. . al.comContainer traffic has continued to boom at the Port of Mobile, with the Alabama Port Authority reporting double- and triple-digit growth in container traffic.
According to information released Tuesday by the Port Authority, April 2022 brought a 39.7% increase in container volume over April 2021. At the port’s intermodal container transfer facility, activity grew 112.6% from April 2021. Refrigerated cargo continued to increase, growing 57.9% from April 2021.
Coming infrastructure investments will help support the trend, the Port Authority said. Part of a $100 million U.S. Department of transportation grant, shared with the Mobile Airport Authority, will fund “a new inter-terminal bridge connecting the marine terminal with the intermodal rail facility and the adjacent logistics park.” Money from the same grant also will pay for site development work in the logistics park.
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