Also in Mississippi, about 40 miles east of Gulfport, near the Alabama line, the Jackson County Port Authority’s Port of Pascagoula looks to build upon its legacy of forest products shipment prominence with addition of a deepwater export facility of Enviva Holdings LP, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, a globally popular clean energy source. Construction began in January on a multidomed wood pellets export terminal in the port’s Bayou Casotte Harbor, as well as on an Enviva production plant in Lucedale in neighboring George County, with each expected to take 15 months to bring to completion.
Meanwhile, a major rail project is nearing completion at the Port of Pascagoula. That undertaking involves a new interchange yard and 3 miles of fresh tracks for the Mississippi Export Railroad short line, to provide a north-south connection, including unit train capabilities, linking to CSX and Canadian National lines.
In addition, improvements continue at Pascagoula’s South Terminal. A bulkhead rehab and repair project is getting under way at the terminal, which has an 825-foot berth supporting operations on a 50-acre site.
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