April 5, 2021 By Waterways Journal
The board of commissioners of the Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA) has named Jon Nass the new CEO and executive director of the Port of Gulfport.
“After nearly an eight-month process, the MSPA commission is very pleased to announce we have selected a new executive director to lead the Port of Gulfport team,” said E.J. Roberts, president of the board. “Jon’s extensive background includes port management, economic development, homeland security and policy advising, making him an ideal candidate to lead our state port.”
Nass comes to Gulfport from the Maine Port Authority, where he has served as CEO for just over 2.5 years. While there, Nass helped develop the only container terminal in northern New England, raising funds for port and rail infrastructure in the process. He also helped establish a public-private partnership to build Maine’s only publicly –availabl
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Historic Black community fights military project on Coast land fouled by arsenic, lead Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Feb. 8 One last time, residents of North Gulfport have mustered to fight development of Mississippi State Port Authority property contaminated with lead and arsenic.
Three residents, the Anointed Temple A.O.H. Church of God and the nonprofit North Gulfport Community Land Trust are appealing a state decision to permit discharge of storm water from construction on the north port property, which is surrounded by hundreds of homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
Residents fear lead and arsenic will seep from the site into neighborhood ditches and area streams, including Turkey Creek. Port officials say the lead and arsenic pose no risk because they have been contained under a clay cap that the development will not disturb.