Signal gets BP contract

MOBILE, Ala. - Signal International said it's won a contract with BP Exploration and Production Inc. to decontaminate vessels used in response to the Gulf oil spill. More than 100 workers and subcontractors will clean tank barges at Signal's West Yard in Pascagoula, Miss. The value of the contract was not released. Work will run through the end of the year, with a possibility of an extension, company officials said. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 11/17/10)