Not all ports struggle

Mobile Press Register reports:

The Alabama state docks saw record cargo volume in 2007, driven primarily by a 50 percent increase in container cargo and record coal shipments, the Alabama State Port Authority learned Tuesday.

Preliminary fiscal year-end numbers show that 27 million tons of cargo, including 21 million tons of coal, passed through the port during the year. That rose from 24.6 million tons in 2006, according to docks officials.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”