– This post has been updated to provide clarification – 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙮: 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…
𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙧: 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…
𝙏𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙨: 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…
Fresh out of drydock, Carnival Spirit, the passenger ship that sails out of Mobile each year, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Loaded with travelers, the ship is on schedule to arrive in Bermuda Thursday after departing Ponta Delgada, Portugal Saturday. The ship’s itinerary is part of a two week repositioning cruise that…
MSC Bridgeport, a 1,059 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Portugal, heads into the port of Mobile late the morning of MAR 16 2025. Moving at 14 mph with a draught of 37 feet, the ship finishes a two day voyage from Houston. According to ship manifests, MSC Bridgeport carries…
One way to relax on a Sunday afternoon on Mobile Bay…
Blackcomb Spirit, a 797 foot by 137 foot crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Bahamas, passes Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay while on its way into the port of Mobile the afternoon of MAR 9 2025. Moving at 12 mph with a draught of 36 feet, the ship finishes a voyage from Houston….
𝙎𝙎 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨: 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙛, 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡? The SS United States may have a future other than being sunk to become a reef. In port only two days since being towed from Philadelphia to Mobile, discussions are already underway about offering low cost cruises on the ship to destinations truly…
𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙎 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙮: Once considered the zenith of American shipbuilding, the SS United States, an engineering marvel said to be the greatest liner to ever be built, is towed into Mobile Bay Monday morning, MAR 3rd 2025. Gutted and void of the fittings and furnishings that once earned her…
𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖:GSL Maria, a 908 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the Port of Mobile the afternoon of FEB 17 2025. Moving at 11 mph with a draught 44 feet, the ship finishes a voyage that began JAN 24th from Busan New Port,…