Existing Business
Shipbuilding
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - Ingalls Operation
In Pascagoula since 1938.
Mississippi's largest industrial employer.
U.S. Navy's primary source for complex surface combatant and amphibious ships.
Employs more than 10,000 dedicated shipbuilders
VT Halter Marine
A world leader in construction and refurbishment of deep water oil rigs.
Employs almost 400 workers.
The company's diversified product line also includes building ships.
Well-Oiled Machine
Chevron's Pascagoula Refinery
Opened in 1963.
Employs over 1,200.
7th largest and most cost-efficient refinery in the United States.
BP
State-of-the-art natural gas refinery.
Produces 50,000 barrels of natural gas liquids daily.
Military Presence.
United States Coast Guard
Top-Notch Work
Gulf Coast Cold Storage, Inc.
Stores frozen meats and provides blast-freezing services to over 70 ships per year.
7,000 tons of storage capacity.
Rolls-Royce
Largest and most sophisticated marine propeller foundry in the United States.
Chemical-Equation
Mississippi Phosphates Corporation
One of the world's largest producers of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP).
Can produce 650,000 tons per year of DAP.
First Chemical Corporation
Leading producer of aniline and nitortoluene intermediates and derivatives.
Flying High
Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned System’s Center
RQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for the U.S. Navy.
Trent Lott International Airport
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Gulfport - Biloxi International Airport
Transportation
Port of Pascagoula
Ranking in the top 20 ports in the U.S. for exports to foreign countries.
Over 24,000 jobs and $600 million of personal income in Jackson County are attributed to the direct and indirect impact of the deep water port.
Two harbors- the Pascagoula River Harbor and the Bayou Casotte Harbor.
Port public facilities include 10 cargo berths, 6,000 in ear feet of docking space, 800,000 square feet of covered storage and extensive open storage adjacent to wharves.
River Harbor public facilities include a 1.5 million cubic foot freezer and cooler operated by Gulf Coast Cold Storage at Terminal C
Harbors served by CSX Transportation, Inc. and Mississippi Export Railroad.
Other Industries
PFG Optics
Omega Protein