Logistics, Distribution & Maritime
Austal Launches First LCU
Austal USA of Mobile has launched its first Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessel, LCU 1710. It is the first of 12 U.S. Navy LCUs...
Master Boat Modernizes, Expands
Master Boat Builders, Inc. of Coden has announced that it has invested $7.8 million to modernize and expand its shipbuilding operations. According to AL.com, that...
Coast Guard Picks Up Option For Second Austal OPC
Mobile-based Austal USA has received a contract option award from the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of the second Stage 2 Heritage-class Offshore Patrol...
Capes Shipping Opens Mobile Office
Norfolk, Virginia-based Capes Shipping Agencies has expanded its Gulf Coast footprint with the opening of new offices in Mobile; Houston; and Corpus Christi, Texas. The...
CV International/Capes Shipping Hires CFO
CV International, Inc., a Norfolk, Virginia-based freight forwarder and customs broker, and its subsidiary Capes Shipping Agencies, a port and vessel agency that has an...
Amtrak Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service starting August 18 between Mobile and New Orleans, Amtrak announced. The new state-sponsored Amtrak...
Austal Completes LCS Program
Mobile-based Austal USA has announced it successfully completed acceptance trials on its 19th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the last ship in the class. The...
Austal Launches Its First Steel Ship
Austal USA of Mobile successfully launched its first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11), on June 14. Named after a Native...
Thornburg Named To Marquis Who’s Who
Suzanne Simpson Thornburg, president and CEO of Capital and Colonial Trailways Alabama, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who, it announced. Since assuming...
Newest Warehouse At SALP Nears Completion
The South Alabama Logistics Park (SALP)’s newest building is nearing completion, NBC reports. The 185,000-ft2 warehouse in the 1,300-acre logistics park along I-10 and Theodore...
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