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Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville Railroad)
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- Type
- Development authority — County economic development authority that owns and operates the Port Bienville Short Line Railroad, a Class III line interchanging with CSX, and Stennis International Airport
- Market · Region
- United States · Mississippi
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- Technology areas
- Track & civil
County port commission that owns a short line and is building a new rail yard at Port Bienville.
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Owns the Port Bienville Short Line Railroad and is building a new classification yard and intermodal switch lead at Port Bienville Industrial Park with federal and state grants.
- Type
- Development authority — County economic development authority that owns and operates the Port Bienville Short Line Railroad, a Class III line interchanging with CSX, and Stennis International Airport
- Where
- Mississippi · Kiln
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- Contract detail and values (2)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission - release: $7.32 million for Port Bienville Intermodal Expansion Phase I (26 March 2024) · Commission release (posted on its site 19 July 2024): FY24 appropriations funding from USDOT; total project budget $25.4 million in two phases, Phase 1 $14.6 million for a seven-track classification yard adding 220 railcar spaces and Phase 2 $10.8 million for a truck-to-rail intermodal facility; Phase 1 fully funded with earlier RESTORE Act and MDOT multimodal awards totalling $3.7 million; construction planned for 2026; Port Bienville Short Line Railroad is a Class III line owned by the Commission and interchanging with CSX five days a week (published 2024-03-26 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA award 69A36525420130CCDMS to Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville rail yard) · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $7,320,000 federal, no non-federal funding recorded, signed 11 June 2025, period 1 June 2025 to 30 August 2028; scope an eight-track classification yard and a 3,500-linear-foot intermodal switch lead at Port Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock County, with capacity for 235 railcars (published 2025-06-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Bienville classification yard | In execution | $5–25m |
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- ● Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission - release: $7.32 million for Port Bienville Intermodal Expansion Phase I (26 March 2024) · Commission release (posted on its site 19 July 2024): FY24 appropriations funding from USDOT; total project budget $25.4 million in two phases, Phase 1 $14.6 million for a seven-track classification yard adding 220 railcar spaces and Phase 2 $10.8 million for a truck-to-rail intermodal facility; Phase 1 fully funded with earlier RESTORE Act and MDOT multimodal awards totalling $3.7 million; construction planned for 2026; Port Bienville Short Line Railroad is a Class III line owned by the Commission and interchanging with CSX five days a week (published 2024-03-26 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA award 69A36525420130CCDMS to Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission (Port Bienville rail yard) · Award record, assistance listing 20.325: $7,320,000 federal, no non-federal funding recorded, signed 11 June 2025, period 1 June 2025 to 30 August 2028; scope an eight-track classification yard and a 3,500-linear-foot intermodal switch lead at Port Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock County, with capacity for 235 railcars (published 2025-06-23 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: MARAD Port Infrastructure Development award 693JF72245014 to Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission · Award record, assistance listing 20.823: $4,140,000 federal, non-federal $2,857,981.78, total $6,997,981.78, signed 22 August 2023, period to 1 January 2029; new rail storage yard of about 130 spaces with two sets of storage tracks and a siding at the port; below the US$5 million floor on its own (published 2025-10-17 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission - news and blog index · Newsroom index read on 8 October 2026: latest posts concern a new airport tenant, a rail safety award, a GOMESA dock award and a $1 million SMIF grant for Facility 2 at Port Bienville; no rail procurement notice listed (published 2026 · checked 2026-10-08)
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