City financial report shows Port of Pensacola struggling

In November, we reported on the financial problems at the Port of Pensacola. The unaudited financial statements that CFO Dick Barker gave the Pensacola City…

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Four years ago, Miller appointed Port director

This week in 2013, Mayor Ashton Hayward appointed Amy Miller as the director of the Port of Pensacola, the first female to hold that position…

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Port of Pensacola revenues drop over half million in FY 2017, over a $1.1 million since FY 2012

The Port of Pensacola saw its four primary revenue sources drop over half a million dollars last year, according to unaudited financial report obtained by…

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Read about proposed Northwest Center for Dynamic Ocean Technologies at Port

Last week, we wrote about the need for a plan for the future of the Port of Pensacola. Triumph Gulf Coast uploaded the pre-screening form…

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Major Port of Pensacola revenues dropped nearly 30 percent since FY 2012, expected to drop another 21 percent in FY 2018

The Port of Pensacola’s four major revenue sources dropped nearly 30 percent from FY 2012 to FY 2016, according the city’s budget documents. The actual…

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What is Mayor Hayward’s position on Offshore Inland lease?

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has asked the City Council to take action to respond to the request from Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, Inc….

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Offshore Inland cannot make balloon payment

On Aug. 31, Crystal Yasurk, vice president of finance and administration for OffShore Inland, sent Port of Pensacola Director Amy Miller a letter notifying the…

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Port of Pensacola 2018 budget is bleak

In May, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced plans to convert Warehouse 4 at the Port of Pensacola into a marine research center in conjunction with…

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Pensacola mayor works out payment plan with Port tenant

Next week, Mayor Ashton Hayward will ask the Pensacola City Council to approve a new financial agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, a…

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What is Mayor Hayward’s plan for the Port of Pensacola?

When Ashton Hayward took office, the future of the Port of Pensacola was an issue. Six years later, the Port is struggling and its viability…

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For Pensacola City Council: Oil prices predicted to drop

The Hayward Administration has been betting on crude oil prices going up by next summer in hopes of being able to collect on receivables owed…

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Dysfunction Junction: Pensacola Port of Problems

Last Thursday, Mayor Ashton Hayward’s recommendation concerning Offshore Inland failed to gain approval after the motion died for the lack of a second, even though…

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Pensacola City Council to consider rent deferral for financially troubled tenant

The Pensacola City Council will vote to tonight on Mayor Ashton Hayward’s request to provide Offshore Inland Marine (OIM) a partial deferral of rent on…

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Port of Pensacola past due receivables have skyrocketed

At the September Agenda Review for the Pensacola City Council, CFO Barker presented a slide that showed that OffShore Inland owed the Port of Pensacola…

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Joint meeting request missing paving discussion

Last Friday, Mayor Ashton Hayward let it be known that he would like the Pensacola City Council to schedule a joint meeting to give a…

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‘DeepFlex’ no longer in Pensacola City Hall vocabulary

Will Isern of the Pensacola News Journal reports today that City Administrator Eric Olson said at last week’s budget workshops that the City Council was…

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Budget Voodoo: City of Pensacola enterprises down from FY 2014

The City of Pensacola has four businesses–Pensacola International Airport, Pensacola Energy, Port of Pensacola and Sanitation. In FY 2014, they turned operating profits, except for…

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Open house on the future of Bayfront Pkwy, Oct 13

Is a roundabout at the end of Ninth Avenue in the future for Bayfront Parkway? How will truck traffic be routed to the Port of Pensacola?…

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WUWF report gives clues to the future of DeepFlex

WUWF radio has a segment on DeepFlex and its future at the Port of Pensacola. In June 2014, the city announced that DeepFlex agreed to…

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Yikes, BP terminates contracts offshore rigs

Coming the heels of City COO Tamara Fountain’ announcement that DeepFlex has suspended construction at its facility at the Port of Pensacola. Reuters reports BP…

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