By Clay Chandler
The Clarion-Ledger
The Mississippi Transportation Commission has awarded $3.8 million in grants to seven of the state’s ports for upgrades, maintenance and repairs.
The work ranges from upgrading rail lines, improving docks, repairing roofs and general cleanup.
It was welcome news for Mark McAndrews, director of the Port of Pascagoula, which abuts the Pascagoula River at the Gulf of Mexico.
Pascagoula’s facility lost the use of one of its docks in a 2013 fire that destroyed an adjacent freezer. The dock at terminal 1-A has been out of service since the fire, McAndrews said.
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