Mobile awards strategic port study

Mobile awards strategic port study    The Alabama State Port Authority has hired the engineering and consulting firm Moffatt & Nichol to develop a maritime strategic development study.
   M&N said the study will define the port’s potential, improvements that will optimize its facilities and operations, and the economic benefits that improvements would have on Mobile and the regional community
   The Port of Mobile is the 11th-largest U.S. port in total trade. A major coal and breakbulk cargo port, Mobile expects to rapidly increase the amount of containerized cargo handled at its docks in years ahead.