Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Gulfport readies for Canal expansion
The opportunity to increase South Mississippi’s share of cargo to and from Central and South America was bolstered by Hurricane Katrina and should get another surge from the expansion of the Panama Canal.
Mike Alise, president of Gulf Coast International Cargo, said a new air-cargo facility at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport and a $1 billion expansion planned at the Port of Gulfport put the Coast in prime position to compete when the expansion of the Panama Canal is done in 2014.
Last year Gulfport was ranked the 22nd busiest in the country by Zepol, which tracks the amount of cargo into ports nationwide.
It was the largest banana port in North America, handling 344 million pounds of bananas valued at $133 million, along with nearly $300 million in clothing.
-Sun Herald (Mississippi)
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