b'MARCH 22 - APRIL 4, 2021GULF COAST PORTS19A $90 million wood pellet export terminal moves toward projected mid-2021 completion in the Port of Pascagoulas Bayou Casotte Harbor.(DIVERSEcontinued from2024 or early 2025.Asia-bound Alabama metallurgical-grade coal bound is loaded on a Newcastlemax vessel at the page 10) ThePortofMobile,whichinAlabama State Port Authoritys McDuffie Coal Terminal.Southern Mississippi, has been awardedearly2020putfinishingtoucheson an 18-month grant for development ofa$50millionexpansionofitscon- to the terminal are to include new andrefrigeratedcargofacilitya$61 the plan, which is to focus on aligningtainer terminal, is now moving aheadupgraded equipment, as well as yardmillioninstallationwithextensive defense-related uses with bolstering ofwith $45 million of improvements atmanagement enhancements. blast-freezing capacity. In mid-2020, the ports non-military business. itsMcDuffieCoalTerminal,whichMeanwhile,justoutsidetheSantaPaula,California-basedauto-A$15.7millionU.S.Departmenthasbeenhandlingincreasinglylargegates of the APM Terminals Mobile- motive lift producer BendPak opened ofTransportationPortInfrastructurebulk-carrying vessels that deliver Ala- operatedcontainerterminal,Balti- a150,000-square-footdistribution DevelopmentProgramgrant,awardedbamas high-quality, low-sulfur cokingmore-headquarteredMTCLogisticscenterinTheodore,Alabama,11 bytheU.S.MaritimeAdministrationcoal to Asian markets. Improvementsispoisedtoopentheportsnewestmiles from the container terminal.Breakbulk Magazine Ad2019-POP copy.pdf 1 8/28/19 12:00 PMin 2020, is helping advance an access project to enhance roadways leading in and out of the port entrance, while state funding announced in January includes $430,000tobeusedtowarddrainagePort Of Pascagoulaandrailaccessimprovementsinthe ports North Harbor area.In the meantime, construction has begun at the port on the 62,000-square-foot Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise, which is seen as a stimu- On the Mississippilus for the regions Blue Economy through creation of a maritime technol- Gulf CoastogyenvironmentfortheMississippi Gulf Coast.P ort ofP asCagoulaAt the Jackson County Port Author-itysPortofPascagoula,alongthe MississippiGulfCoastjustwestof the Alabama state line, a $90 million wood pellet export terminal is moving forward on schedule toward mid-2021 completion in Bayou Casotte Harbor. The Enviva Holdings LP facility, fea-turing a pair of domes with combined storagecapacityof90,000metric tons, as well as conveyor systems and mobile ship loader installations, is to Creceivewoodpelletsfrommultiple MEnvivaplants,includingonebeing Ybuilt in Lucedale, Mississippi. CMWithanewMississippiExport MYRailroad short line rail link and inter-CYchangeyardhavingrecentlybeen CMYcompleted with a boost from federal funding,thePortofPascagoulais Knowlookingtoproceedwitha$15 million, 0.8-mile rail project to bring fulloperationalconnectivitywith CSX and Canadian National lines.Also, at the South Terminal in the15 miles to Gulf Shipping Lanesports Pascagoula River Harbor, mul- 42 ft deep channelstiplemaintenanceandrehabilitation projectshavebeencompleted,and2 Harbors - 10 General Cargo Berthsofficialsarecurrentlypursuingfed- Covered storage / Open storageeral funding for major infrastructureServed by CSX and CN railroads improvements needed to develop the 50-plus-acreformerJacksonCountySpecializing in: Grain Terminal property into a state-of-industry marine terminal.Breakbulka labaMas tateP orta uthorityProject CargoesFollowing June entry into a proj-Bulk Cargoesect partnership agreement by the State of Alabama and the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers,the$365.7million undertaking to deepen and widen the harbor serving the Alabama State Port Authoritys Port of Mobile is proceed- PortofPascagoula.coming toward intended completion of a 50-foot-draft federal channel by late'