The long-anticipated deepening and widening of the Mobile Harbor shipping channel is set to be completed in March of next year, making the Port of Mobile the deepest harbor in the Gulf region.

“[The deepening and widening project] is really generational in the change it’s going to have to what we do here at the port,” John Driscoll, director and CEO of the Alabama Port Authority. “It’s going to be really impactful for future business and being able to handle the largest ships that ply the oceans.”