Alabama State Port Authority

The Port of Mobile is currently ranked the 9th largest port in the nation in overall waterborne foreign trade by cargo volume. Located just 32 miles from the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Port of Mobile handled more than 67 million tons of cargo in 2008. The Port of Mobile’s full service, public seaport terminals are owned by the Alabama State Port Authority handling container, general cargo, dry and liquid bulk, frozen poultry, and oversized and heavy lift cargoes. Since 2000, the Alabama State Port Authority has invested over $600 million in port improvement programs. The Alabama State Port Authority’s terminals are connected to two interstate systems (I-10 and I-65) and five Class I railroads- CSX, Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Alabama & Gulf Coat Railroad), Norfolk Southern and Kansas City Southern. The Port Authority is home to the C.G. Railway, which provides waterborne rail service every four days to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (Vera Cruz Region). The Authority’s terminals also connect to two interstate systems and to nearly 15,000 miles of inland and Intracoastal waterways providing shippers with low cost water access to ports along the Gulf of Mexico, the Tennessee, the Ohio, and Upper Mississippi river systems. The transportation assets coupled with a favorable labor market and community-state-federal support make the Port of Mobile one of the nation’s fastest growing ports.

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