Happy Holidays

As the holidays approach, it’s gratifying to observe the progress we’ve made and recall the outstanding assistance we have received over the past year.  2006 has been an exceptionally good year for the Port of Pascagoula and we appreciate the confidence of our customers and efforts of all who helped us during the restoration process.  It’s a good feeling to have reached the point where it is totally “business as usual” and projects are infrastructure improvements and not hurricane repairs. 

 

 Cargo activity in the Port is on the rise.  Forest and paper products are up 34% for the first half of 2006 over 2005 and the cold storage facilities are now 100% operational with the recent completion of the expansion.  Seeing three reefer ships in the Pascagoula River Harbor this morning was a welcomed familiar sight. 

 

We are looking forward to a new port tenant in the Bayou Casotte Harbor.  Pending approval from FERC, Gulf LNG Energy, LLC is on schedule to start construction on their LNG terminal in the next few months.   

 

We enjoyed the opportunity to see many of our customers and associates recently at the Breakbulk Transportation Conference in New Orleans.  Personally, I look forward to that conference each year where I drive for two hours and then I am in a room with hundreds of people interested in the transport of breakbulk cargo - and I don’t have to change planes in Atlanta!

 

It was also my pleasure, as always, to see our friends from Caribbean Forest Carriers and Gearbulk during their recent visits to Pascagoula.

 

The Staff, Board of Commissioners and I wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

 

Mark McAndrews

Port Director

Cold Storage expansion at Terminal A

 

Following Hurricane Katrina, not only were repairs necessary for the cold storage operation at Terminal A,  a 26,000 sq. ft. expansion has been in process.   The enlarged facility, which was completed in October, 2006, includes additional blast freezing and storage capacity.  Gulf Coast Cold Storage, Inc. is the operator.

 

Sublease agreement signed for LNG Terminal

Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, has entered into a sublease agreement with the Jackson County Port Authority for 106 acres in the Port of Pascagoula.  The company plans to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the property.  The importation and regasification terminal will provide a daily output capacity of 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

 

Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, is acquiring all relevant licenses and permits as required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  This process is on schedule for completion early in 2007 with the start of construction beginning the first quarter of 2007.  The on stream target date is the third quarter of 2010.

 

The site is on state land in the Bayou Casotte Harbor that has been leased to the port authority.  The primary term of the sublease is thirty years with five ten/year options.   

 

New Pilot Boat

The Pascagoula Bar Pilots continue to keep pace with the latest equipment and technology to insure efficient traffic flow in and out of the port.  They recently christened their new 54-foot pilot boat, the Horn Island. 

 

 

 

 

The vessel is an aluminum deep “V” hull built by Silver Ships, Inc. of Theodore, Alabama.  Powered by twin MTU series 60 marine propulsion units with two 17 inch twin disc TDJ 170 water jets, the vessel has a service speed of 38 knots. 

 

 

Mrs. Jazie Torjusen, wife of the late Captain Charles
Torjusen and mother of Captain Michael Torjusen christens the Horn Island.

 

 

Infrastructure Improvements in The Port:

 

  • Resurfacing of concrete decks inside G and H warehouse is complete

 

  • Repairs to G wharf are underway and on schedule for completion the end of November

 

  • The paving project for open storage areas in Bayou Casotte is in progress.  This project was funded with assistance of the Mississippi Department of Transportation Multi-Modal Grant Program.

 

  • The U.S. Coast Guard is replacing six of our wooden range towers in the channels with new steel structures.

 

 

Per E. Ellingsen, President of Caribbean Forest Carriers (CFC), S.A. and Lars Chr. Steen, Exec. V.P. talk with Allen Moeller, Port Operations Manager, during their recent visit to the Port of Pascagoula.  CFC provides service from Pascagoula to Central American and the Dominican Republic.

 

 

 

 

 

Margery M. Thompson was recently honored for 26 years service with the Jackson County Port Authority.  She started her career with the port authority as the receptionist in 1980.  Margery is currently Executive Assistant and Secretary to the Board of Commissioners. 

 

 

 

 

 

         Left to Right:  Charles Persons, President, Jackson County

         Port Authority, Margery Thompson and “her assistant”

         Mark McAndrews.

 

Charles Persons, President of the Jackson County Port Authority presents Richard S. Welsh with a plaque for twenty years service. Richard works for the Jackson County Port Authority Industrial Water System.

 

                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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