Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Oct 03, 2014
The Alabama State Port Authority plans to develop a 300-acre automobile import-export terminal at Mobile to attract import vehicles and grab a share of the burgeoning vehicle manufacturing business in the mid-South.
"We've been looking at this for a while," port CEO James K. Lyons told joc.com. "We think this is a very viable business opportunity for us."
Automobile manufacturing is a growth industry in the region. Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Honda operate assembly plants in Alabama. Kia, Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen and General Motors operate or are building plants in the adjacent states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia.