Mobile Alabama’s waterfront now has a new port container terminal, according to wkrg.com news. The port is preparing for larger ships that are expected to travel through the expanded Panama Canal in 2014 and more container shipments. The new container terminal was estimated to cost $300 million and covers 135 acres of Mobile Alabama’s waterfront area. Operations at the terminal began in October at a rate of one ship a week with 1,000 containers per ship; however, the terminal officially opened this week with Gov. Bob Riley and local officials present.
Mobile Alabama has already seen benefits to the economy from this terminal with more warehouse business and dockside employment.
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