Cochran: What happened to Coast Guard cutters’ funding?
PASCAGOULA — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wants to know why the budget request for the U.S. Coast Guard no longer recommends funding for National Security Cutters (NSCs) #7 and #8, vessels that...
View ArticleHuntington Ingalls CEO: Avondale on track to close in 2013
NEW ORLEANS — The head of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. says the company is still on track to close its Avondale shipyard in Louisiana in 2013. During a conference call today with investment...
View ArticleBarbour: U.S. ports need investment, strategy policy
BILOXI — Former Gov. Haley Barbour, speaking to a regional gathering of Gulf states harbor pilots, called for a “bias for action and a sense of urgency…for increased U.S. investment in waterways...
View ArticleBryant signs bill removing port from state oversight
GULFPORT — Legislation that removes the Port of Gulfport and its $570 million post-Hurricane Katrina expansion and renovation from state government oversight has been signed by the governor. House...
View ArticleIngalls Shipbuilding completes helicopter hangar for Navy
GULFPORT — A large helicopter hangar, built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Gulfport, is headed for Maine. WLOX TV reports the 60-foot-wide structure, made from carbon composites, took nearly two years to...
View ArticleAppeals Court rules against VT Halter in Navy-trade secrets lawsuit
PASCAGOULA — Federal prosecutors say the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has vacated a $1.4 million judgment against the Navy for allegedly disclosing trade secrets on the design of a...
View ArticlePort looking to work around hundreds of nesting least terns
GULFPORT — Hundreds of least terns are nesting on the state port’s West Pier in Gulfport. Port Restoration director Joe Conn tells the Sun Herald the port is submitting a plan to the U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleEutaw Construction suing Port Commission over contract
GULFPORT — A contract dispute has put on hold elevation work at the state port in Gulfport. The port’s West Pier is being expanded, elevated and updated to house a modern containerized cargo...
View ArticleBaseball stadium/entertainment venue proposed at State Port
GULFPORT — A family entertainment venue that would include a baseball stadium, theater, bowling alley, restaurants and shops is being proposed for the state port in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports Tim...
View ArticleIngalls Shipbuilding begins construction of another Navy ship
PASCAGOULA — Major construction has begun on another ship in a series of amphibious transport vessels. The Navy held a keel authentication yesterday for the LPD 26, the John P. Murtha, at Ingalls...
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