APM Expanding Capacity at Alabama Port
APM Terminals will add two new super-Post Panamax cranes and expand its Mobile, Alabama, port container yard by 20 acres as part of a $40 million infrastructure investment to expand the terminal’s capacity to meet growing demand, the company announced.
APM Terminals Mobile has an annual throughput capacity of 350,000 20-foot equivalent units with two Post-Panamax cranes now in service.
The two cranes and expansion will enable APM to accommodate increased business from shipping lines serving Alabama’s growing industrial base, as well as the larger vessels calling on U.S. Gulf ports following the opening of the expanded Panama Canal locks next year.
APM Terminals Mobile is already handling vessels of up to 8,400 TEU capacity, and the widening of the Panama Canal locks will allow transit of vessels of up to 12,600 TEU capacity.
“Mobile is a great place to be, and we look forward to growing the terminal as the Gulf Coast’s gateway to the South Atlantic,” said Jeff De Best, APM Terminals’ chief operating officer.
Annual throughput at APM Terminals Mobile will grow to 475,000 TEUs at the completion of the expansion, and the company said it has future capability of growing annual throughput to more than 1.3 million TEUs.
