Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Alabama Port Authority to build $20M intermodal yard at Mobile port
The Alabama State Port Authority is awarding a $20.1 million contract for design and construction of a new intermodal facility to Illinois-based R.T. Milord Company this week.
The Garrows Bend Intermodal Container Terminal would increase the ability of the Port of Mobile's to move containerized cargo between rail cars and ships, and connects its container terminal to the national rail system. The project will add about 20 acres of new railyard.
Its operation would service APM Terminals Mobile and U.S. manufacturers shipping and receiving cargoes, Port Authority officials say.
R.T. Milord, which has built a number railroad and intermodal facilities in Charlotte, N.C., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Chicago, will oversee laying several thousand feet of new railroad track throughout the facility, connecting it to five of the naiton's Class I railroad companies.
For more of the Alabama.com story: al.com
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