GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Governor Haley Barbour supports creating
a large transportation hub at Palmer's Crossing to handle increased
container traffic from a $1 billion expansion of the Port of
Gulfport.
Barbour said the proposed rail yard near Hattiesburg would help
the massive State Port at Gulfport project, which Barbour said is
unprecedented for the state.
Barbour says the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal,
which could be complete sometime around 2014, will create many new
opportunities for the port, which could handle a large portion of
container traffic, much of which is currently sent to the West
Coast, and then shipped by rail to the rest of the country.
Barbour said the West Coast ports were often congested, and
before the recession ships sometimes had to wait several days to
get a berth. He said that doesn't happen as much during the
recession, but it should pick up again as the economy improves.
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