MSC Tavvishi VI, a 912 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the port of Mobile MAY 7th 2025. With a draught of nearly 45 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a 25 day voyage that began APR 12th from Busan New Port, Korea. According…
A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon crew flies over Fairhope several times MAY 4th 2025 while practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the Poseidon is a maritime patrol aircraft used for anti-submarine warfare, intelligence and reconnaissance. Also available for search and rescue, Poseidons can drop and…
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐: 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…
APL Danube, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, heads out of Mobile Bay Monday evening, beginning a two day voyage to New Orleans. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 14 mph. According to ship manifests, APL Danube is loaded with tires, air conditioning…
๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ: 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…
๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ: USS Pierre, a Littoral Combat Ship built by Austal USA in Mobile, heads into port Wednesday afternoon after undergoing Builderโs trials. LCS 38, as itโs also known, underwent christening in May and is the last ship in the Navyโs Independence-variant LCS program. Pierre will be deployed to the Pacific fleet…
– This post has been updated to provide clarification – ๐พ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ: 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…
๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง: City of Hamburg, a 415 foot by 67 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, heads into the port of Mobile Monday morning, finishing 15 days at sea. Moving at 6 mph with a draught of 15 feet, the ship concludes a voyage that began MAR 22nd from Montoir,…
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 shipโs itinerary is part of a two week repositioning cruise that…
๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ: ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก? 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…