Port officials have announced plans for yet another expansion to Mobile’s container terminal, capitalizing on a recently completed project to widen and deepen the Mobile Ship Channel.
The Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals Mobile have agreed to proceed with construction of a new 1,300-foot container berth. This will allow the terminal to simultaneously handle three ships in the class known as Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCVs).
According to Tuesday’s announcement, the project will cost $131 million, which will come from federal appropriations to the Port Authority and private investments from APM Terminals, an independent division of international shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk…