Port of Mobile
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The Port of Mobile, Alabama, is the largest and only deep-water port in the state, and is the 14th largest in the United States. It is located along the Mobile River where it empties into Mobile Bay.
As of 2003, the Port of Mobile exported 50,214,435 tons.
[edit] Interesting facts
- World's largest forest products terminal.
- First in nation for wood pulp export.
- McDuffie Terminal is the largest along the Gulf Coast, and the second largest in the United States.
- In March 2006, the main containership loading crane was struck by a ship, destroying it, costing the docks $4-6 million to replace.
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