Port of Mobile

Yeah

... to your point, which, uh, you know, I've been to the po- you ever been to the Port of Mobile before?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

But we'll be also watching the ports.

So think about the Port of Mobile-

Mm-hmm

...

And beyond that, we have a lot of great learning about, you know, especially right now with everything that's happening, understanding commerce and understanding, you know, the commerce that happens on the ocean.

There's a huge map, it's two stories tall, where you can see all the trade routes that come into the Port of Mobile.

And so kids can stand there and push a button and realize, you know, these ships are coming in from Germany and China and all these places-

Mm-hmm

And when it came to the state of Alabama, President Trump has delivered.

From Space Command there in Huntsville, to investment in the Shoals, making sure that our shipbuilding capacity and capabilities are where they need to be, to here at the Port of Mobile and the bridge that we started, we actually cut the ribbon for today.

President Trump has delivered.

Alabama loves you, and we are proud to stand with you.

Several smaller carriers filed Chapter 7 cases, which typically involve liquidation rather than reorganization.

Over on the rails, Alabama is pushing forward with a massive infrastructure project designed to connect inland shippers directly to the Port of Mobile.

Construction of the Alabama Port Authority's Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility remains on schedule for an early 2027 opening, with site grading and underground utility work completed and rail infrastructure construction now underway.

The $100 million, 272-acre terminal will provide direct CSX rail service, creating a rail alternative to truck drayage between the coast and the Montgomery market.

I, what...

I guess it's 65, isn't it? Is this a congested highway? Uh, is that why they're wanting to move trucks off of the roads? Or is this just more of a, "Hey, let's, let's benefit manufacturing in Alabama"? Like, what's the purpose of, of, of moving, of building this kind of rail line?

Um, Alabama has been really behind the Port of Mobile and sees it as an economic engine, um, for the inland areas of the state, uh, both to import and export products, manufactured products.

There's a, a, a reopened m- um, metallurgical coal mine in, uh, in the northern part of the state as well.

As a result of its location, it has become a melting pot of various industries.

One of the most prominent is the Port of Mobile, through which passes thousands of tons of cargo each year.

The Mobile River is a busting waterway, seeing not only cargo ships and cruise liners, but also smaller tugboats and towboats, too.

One such towboat was the MV Movilla, operated by Warrior and Gulf Navigation.

You know, they, they got other s- But with Alabama that's like our thing, like the rivers, right? All these rivers coming together and you hear that, and I guess that kind of makes it a- a- at least a little bit more, um, oppressing.

We had, we have two-thirds of the state, you know, flowing down through the five rivers that comes through the Port of Mobile, and I'm looking back at your map over your head.

Um, so yeah, I mean, I guess, you know, we have a bigger issue here, but we have people there from Iowa.

You know, flooding I guess is an issue everywhere.

I mean, obviously by moving DHS, but their job became even more serious than before.

And you think about here in Mobile, you had the Port of Mobile, you had commercial ships coming through here.

Think about that.

Tankers, I mean, it's one of the subjects that came up.

Right.

And remember, we started talking about dirty bombs, dirty nuclear bombs.

What if one of those came in on a container ship into the port of Mobile? So, yeah, Mobile was part of that discussion.

And, Sean, thanks for that text.