Ships

Ville de Bordeaux leaves Mobile bound for Europe

Airbus Ship Departs for Europe

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜: Its three 72 foot high eSAILs plainly visible, Ville de Bordeaux, a 505 foot by 78 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, passes Gaillard Island on its way out of Mobile Bay Tuesday afternoon. Moving at 17 mph, the ship heads back to Europe after delivering…

The bulk carrier Edelweiss leaves Mobile for India on APR 13 2025

Lots of Coal Heading For India

๐™‡๐™ค๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ญ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ: Edelweiss, a 750 foot by 105 foot bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads out of Mobile Bay APR 13 2025. Moving at 11 mph, the ship reports a draught of just under 45 feet as it begins a…

USS Pierre in Mobile Bay APR 9 2025

USS Pierre in Mobile Bay

๐™’๐™–๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ: USS Pierre, a Littoral Combat Ship built by Austal USA in Mobile, heads into port Wednesday afternoon after undergoing Builderโ€™s trials. LCS 38, as itโ€™s also known, underwent christening in May and is the last ship in the Navyโ€™s Independence-variant LCS program. Pierre will be deployed to the Pacific fleet…

Carnival Spirit leaves Mobile in DEC 2003

Year-Round for Carnival Ships

– This post has been updated to provide clarification – ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ: A big change involving Carnival passenger ships that have been operating out of Mobile. Carnival Cruise Line has announced that year-round service out of Mobile will resume starting in the spring of 2027. Carnival…

Le Havre leaves Mobile APR 4th 2025

Kit Cars, Bibles Aboard Le Havre

๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™—๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง: Le Havre, a 1,104 foot by 149 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Cyprus, heads out of Mobile Bay Friday afternoon. Moving at 13 mph with a draught of 30 feet, the ship sets course for Tampa, with arrival expected tomorrow. According to ship manifests, Le…

Container ship San Felipe

San Felipe arrives In Mobile

๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ: San Felipe, a 983 foot by 157 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, passes Gaillard Island while heading to the port of Mobile Wednesday morning. Moving at 11 mph with a draught of 37 feet, the ship finishes a two day voyage from Houston. According to ship…