Port eyes shipping vehicles

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Alabama State Port Authority has identified a site for a $54 million automotive shipping terminal, according to the authority director and chief executive. Speaking to the Economic Development Association of Alabama's Summer 2014 Conference at Point Clear, across the bay in Baldwin County, Jimmy Lyons said that some of the vehicles produced in Alabama and surrounding states are bound for other countries, and the new terminal would allow for roll-on, roll-off operations. The terminal could be ready in a year or two. (Source: al.com, 07/30/14) The port has been used in the past to bring in vehicles from Mexico.