New crane in place at Port of Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The Port of Gulfport’s newest crane is now officially in place after arriving to the port Thursday. Port officials say the new ship to shore…
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BREAKING: East and Gulf Coast ports shut down as thousands of workers go on strike
BREAKING: East and Gulf Coast ports have shut down as thousands of International Longshoreman's Association members have gone on strike. These strikes come after the ILA announced that at midnight, 11:00 PM…
Members of the International Longshoreman’s Association prepare to strike
Members of the International Longshoreman’s Association prepare to go on strike Monday night at 11 p.m. local time. WXXV News 25’s Lucas Warran has been on top…
Port of Gulfport withdraws variance application for cold storage facility
The Gulfport City Council took up an appeal today against the Port of Gulfport’s cold storage facility off 34th Avenue. WXXV’s Brooke Parker has an update for us this…
Port of Gulfport shares plans of expansion with local and national leaders
Local and national officials were invited to the Port of Gulfport to see how it operates. The Port of Gulfport is the third…
CORE X Partners establishing cold storage operations in Gulfport
Jackson, Miss. (February 1, 2024) – CORE X GULFPORT, a subsidiary of CORE X Partners, is establishing cold storage operations at the Port of Gulfport. The project is a more than $73 million investment and will create 73 jobs. CORE X…
Roger F. Wicker Center unveiled at the Port of Gulfport
The Port of Gulfport unveiled the new Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise Building today, alongside the governor and senators. This building was a development partnership with the University of Southern…
Agreement for next phase of dredging project at Port of Gulfport
The Army Corps of Engineers in Mobile facilitated a visit to Gulfport today to sign an agreement that would officially begin the next phase of…
NOAA servicing data buoys at Port of Gulfport
A very important mission docked at the Port of Gulfport. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also known as NOAA, picked up and serviced five weather buoys from…
Ports America makes new agreement with State Port
An extended agreement at the state Port of Gulfport that will bring an economic boost to the area, perhaps even more jobs. The Mississippi State Port Authority has…
Wall Street Journal report questions port cranes
A Pentagon report published by the Wall Street Journal says the military sees Chinese-made cranes operating in U.S. ports as a potential ‘Trojan Horse’ that China could use to…
Port damage exercise crucial to enabling fleet and adds jobs on the Coast
A training exercise for the Seabees was hosted today. The Port of Gulfport is hosting the Seabees Field Training exercise. It’s a full-on…
Seabees help build a new tower for Coast Guard at Port of Gulfport
The Seabees have been out at the Port of Gulfport since last week conducting operations on the southeast side of the port. The…
Uncovering the history of the first vessel to dock at the Port of Gulfport
120 years after the Trojan became the first vessel to dock at the Port of Gulfport, the story behind the ship’s captain…
Larvae pest found in pineapple shipment sent to Port of Gulfport last month
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist announced today they discovered a butterfly larvae pest, known as the Saunders 1850, while inspecting a…
New company coming to the Port of Gulfport
The Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport has a new tenant and more jobs coming to the east pier. Ocean Aero will occupy 67,000 feet of warehouse space…
New executive director takes over at the Port of Gulfport
With just over a week on the job under his belt, Port of Gulfport’s new Executive Director Jon Nass is settling in and getting to work…
Jon Nass named new Port of Gulfport CEO
After an eight-month long process, the Mississippi State Port of Authority Board of Commissioners named Jon Nass as the new CEO and executive director of the Port of Gulfport. Nass comes from the Maine Port Authority where…
Port of Gulfport has new executive director
The Mississippi State Port Authority's Board of Commissioners on Wednesday named Jon Nass the new CEO and Executive Director of the Port of Gulfport, following a national search led by Tim McNamara, Head of Odgers Berndtson’s Transportation and Infrastructure Practice…
Port of Gulfport executive director resigns
Jonathan Daniels, the executive director and CEO of the Port of Gulfport, has resigned his position in Mississippi to take a similar position in Florida. The resignation, accepted by the Mississippi State Port Authority Board of Commissioners, is effective June…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Gulfport finds 2 first-in-Mississippi pests in fruit shipments
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at the Port of Gulfport made two first-in-Mississippi pest discoveries in fruit shipments during the month of March. The first discovery was identified as a Cholus sp…
Port of Gulfport, Customs and Border Protection to let Royal Caribbean crew members go home
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – The Royal Caribbean’s “The Majesty of the Seas” vessel will dock at the Port of Gulfport Tuesday and remain in port until Friday, March 27. Crew members who have completed their employment contract with Royal Caribbean…
French nationals leave Port of Gulfport after Carnival Cruise, surprising officials amid coronavirus concerns
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Cruise lines around the world are suspending operations due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. With no passengers on board, idle cruise ships are overwhelming several ports that normally host them. Yesterday, the Carnival Valor…
Carnival Valor docks in Gulfport
As ports across the country fill up due to the suspension of cruise line operations, the Port of Gulfport is taking a few of those ships in. Yesterday, the Carnival Valor docked at the Port of Gulfport, which will take…