Returning from an eight day Christmas cruise to the Bahamas, the passenger ship Carnival Spirit passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile the morning of DEC 28th 2025. Mobile Bay was once known as the Bay of the Holy Spirit. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish explorer who sailed into the…
Tianjin, a container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads out of Mobile Bay DEC 27th 2025 while starting a three day voyage to Houston. With a draught of more than 43 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph. With a length of 1,145 feet and width of 150 feet, Tianjin is not the…
One Maestro, a 990 foot by 142 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Singapore, passes Gaillard Island while heading into the port of Mobile Tuesday morning. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 10 mph while finishing a two day trip from Houston. According to ship manifests, One Maestro carries…
One Modern, a 990 foot by 142 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, pulls into the port of Mobile the afternoon of DEC 20th 2025. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a voyage that began NOV 22nd from Busan New Port, Korea. According…
Aeromexico flight 432 passes over Fairhope’s Pier St boat ramp around noon DEC 20thy 2025 while on a flight from Monterrey, Mexico, to Orlando. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 480 knots or 552 mph during the roughly two and a half…
American Airlines flight 2762 passes over Fairhope’s Flying Creek DEC 19th 2025 while heading for Texas. Captured about 20,250 feet or roughly four miles up, the Airbus A319 flies toward Dallas while moving at a ground speed of 367 knots or 422 mph during the roughly ninety minute flight from Pensacola. The A319 is considered…
Elks care: 80 food boxes and toys for 140 kids in Baldwin county… Members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 load toys DEC 16th 2025 as part of their annual participation in the Toys for Tots program with the U.S. Marine Reserves… The Elks is a private, benevolent organization whose members regularly launch projects to help…
The American flag at Fairhope’s pier flies at half staff DEC 16th 2025 in memory of Ella Cook, the 19-year-old student who was one of two people murdered in a DEC 13th 2025 shooting at Brown University in Providence, RI. A native of Mountain Brook, Brown is described by her pastor as “an incredible, grounded,…
It’s a busy week for members of the Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879. Over the weekend, the Elks’ annual food drive ramps up with food being brought to the Lodge and organized to help individuals and families in need. Today, members place food in boxes which will be delivered to various locations around the eastern shore….
The passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of a frigid, wind-whipped Mobile Bay late Sunday afternoon, as it begins a voyage to the port of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas. The ship will continue to sail to the Bahamas and Western Caribbean while operating out of its current homeport in Mobile through early 2026. In…