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Market Access

Mobile on the Move means having access to world markets. Mobile is well-positioned at the head of the Mobile Bay, 31-miles from the Gulf of Mexico, allowing it to serve not only southeastern U.S. markets and the many resident global leaders, but also emerging markets in Central & South America and Asia.

  • Mobile Metro Area, which encompasses Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington counties, is the largest metropolitan area along the Gulf of Mexico between New Orleans and Tampa.
  • Five Class I railroads converging at the Port of Mobile with a local provider service to Mexico.
  • Centrally located to reach Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Memphis, Nashville, Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando within a day’s drive via Interstates 10 and 65 with connections.
  • Accessible to emerging world markets including Asia and Central and South America.
  • Over 10,000 acres of industrial property in Mobile County are served by rail, many offering easy interstate access, and proximity to air and port opportunities. All rail lines deliver piggyback and containerized service, with some reciprocal switching agreement being offered.

Infrastructure Investment

Mobile has been on the move for decades developing its transportation infrastructure to better serve business and community including recent projects:

  • Mobile Container Terminal, a 135-acre intermodal terminal, opened at the Port of Mobile in September 2008. It is the Gulf Coast’s most modern container handling facility with a 45 foot draft dock, warehousing and storage facilities, and two post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes.
  • Terminal and other facilities, runway, roads, and service amenity expansions at the Mobile Regional Airport including the addition of an 8,500 parallel runway.
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Highway

Mobile provides companies with highway transportation access to major markets across the United States. Two major interstate highways converge in Mobile, with I-10 extending to the east to Jacksonville, Florida, and west, to Los Angeles, California, while I-65 extends from Mobile in a northerly direction to Chicago, Illinois. Major metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Memphis, Nashville, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Orlando, are all within 600 miles (10 hours) of Mobile.

There are 65 motor freight carriers certified to transport interstate shipments to and/or from the Mobile area. The majority of the carriers have a Mobile area terminal, with many carriers offering container services.                                                                                                                              Highway Map

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Rail

The Mobile area is served by six railroads, five of which are Class-I railroads. All five railroads converge at the Port of Mobile, which provides intermodal service to companies engaging in importing and/or exporting.

  • Burlington Northern and Norfolk Southern serve major industrial sites along the Mobile River in the northeastern part of the county, and then extend south to the Alabama State Port Authority.
  • CSX serves the Theodore Industrial Park in southwest Mobile County, also providing service to the Brookley Industrial Complex.
  • Canadian National Railroad serves the western areas of Mobile and Prichard as the tracks head east toward downtown Mobile.
  • The sixth railroad is the Central Gulf Railroad, which is a rail ship service to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. This service provides shippers unparalleled rail service to southern Mexico and Mexico City.
                                                                                                                                            Railway Map
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Air

Mobile Regional Airport provides commercial service in the Mobile area as well as charter service. Scheduled airlines serving the airport include Delta, Northwest Airlink, U.S. Airways, American Eagle American Airlines, and Continental Express. The Regional Airport is undergoing improvements by expanding its air terminal ramp and plans to construct an 8,500 foot parallel runway.

Connecting flights from Mobile Regional Airport consist of Atlanta (7 per day), Houston (7), Dalls/Ft. Worth (4), Memphis (3), Charlotte (3), and Chicago (1).

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Seaport

The Port of Mobile offers public, deepwater terminals with direct access to five Class 1 railroads (BNSF/Alabama & Gulf Railroad, Canadian National, CSXT, Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern), two interstate systems (I-10 and I-65), a weekly rail ferry service to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and some 1,500 miles of inland and intracoastal waterways serving the Great Lakes, the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Alabama State Port Authority owns and operates the public terminals at the Port of Mobile. The public terminals handle containerized, breakbulk, coal, grain, Ro/Ro, cement, and oversized/heavy lift cargoes. With nearly 6-million square feet of covered and open storage space, this full services seaport is currently ranked 10th largest in the nation in total trade. The Port of Mobile is also represented by private bulk terminal operators as well as a number of highly specialized shipbuilding and repair companies with two of the largest floating dry docks on the Gulf Coast.

In 2000, the Alabama State Port Authority committed over $150 million (50% of the $300M investment) in capital expansions at its bulk, container and general cargo terminals to serve growing manufacturing and shipping needs for the region. The terminal officially opened for business on September 22, 2008.
                                                                                                                                            Waterway Map

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