Steel volumes were growing, fast, three years ago at the Port of Mobile. The Alabama State Port Authority had already built a terminal on Pinto Island for loading and unloading steel slabs on ships. As more and more steel coils, a circular spool of metal, were moving through the port, they needed someplace to put it all.

Enter maritime service providers Tri-State Maritime Services and Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics. Both companies received the request for proposal issued by the Port Authority. Together, they formed Alabama Steel Terminals, which commemorated the opening of the new facility early Tuesday.

Alabama Steel Terminals, a 50-50 joint venture between the two companies, split the cost of construction, a total $36 million. They will also jointly manage the warehouse as well. For its part, the Port Authority contributed the land, which sits on the Mobile River.

Truck drivers, nurses and retail supervisors were the top Alabama occupations with the most online job postings last month, a new report from the Alabama Department of Labor shows.

The analysis, collected by ADOL's Labor Market Information Division, shows the top three jobs collectively had more than 7,400 ads in February.

Retail salespersons and sales representatives for wholesale and manufacturing rounded out the top five positions with the most ads.

Vulcan Materials' Company's Vice-Chairman will resign April 1, the company announced Tuesday. 

Danny Shepherd started at Vulcan in 1973 after graduating from Georgia Tech. After leaving the company in 1993 he returned to Vulcan in 2002 as president of the Southeast Division.

Donald James, Vulcan's chairman, announced in February he would retire at the end of the year.