Alabama State Port Authority awards contract for intermodal facility

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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The Alabama State Port Authority contracted R.T. Milord Company to develop Phase I of the Garrows Bend Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at the Port of Mobile (Alabama).

The intermodal rail facility is part of the port authority’s three prong intermodal development that includes a 45-foot draft container terminal and logistics park.

The $20.1-million contract calls for the construction of two operating tracks, a run-around track and a car repair siding track, each at a minimum of 3,000 feet in length. Phase I components also include rubber-tired gantry runways and chassis storage areas, multilane gates, power distribution and lighting, an access road and related surface improvements. The intermodal rail facility will be equipped with optical character recognition portals at rail and truck entrances to increase throughput efficiency.

The port authority’s Garrows Bend ICTF will service import/export containerized cargoes moving through APM Terminals Mobile, as well as domestic containerized cargoes from regional manufacturers.

“We are pleased to get this important phase of our intermodal investment program underway,” said James Lyons, director and chief executive for the Alabama State Port Authority. “The delivery of an intermodal rail facility is essential to alleviating time and cost pressures for our shippers, while expanding our market reach.”

The Phase I construction compliments the port authority’s new $10-million rail bridge that connects the Garrows Bend ICTF with up to five Class 1 railroads serving the Port of Mobile. Both the ICTF rail bridge and the Phase I yard are funded by the port authority and a $12-million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant. Phase I of the ICTF is expected to be completed by year-end 2015.

 

 

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