Sunset Over Mobile Bay 8/8/25
AUG 08 2025 concludes over Mobile Bay. Photo shot from Fairhope…
Mobile Bay
Mercy In Mobile Bay
The US Navy hospital ship Mercy arrives at the port of Mobile the morning of AUG 03 2025. Moving at 14 mph, the 894 foot by 105 foot Mercy finishes a nineteen day voyage that began JUL 16th from its homeport of San Diego, CA. Operated by the Navy’s Military Sealift Command, Mercy, along with…
Ever Superb Heads For Panama
Ever Superb, a 984 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Singapore, leaves Mobile Bay Thursday morning, bound for the Panama Canal. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph while starting what’s planned as a four day trip. According to ship manifests, Ever Superb carries nearly…
Headed For Cartagena
Maersk Taikung, a 1,089 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong and configured to carry major hazard cargo, passes Gaillard Island on its way out of Mobile Bay early the morning of JUL 30 2025. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while setting…
Finishing Five Months At Sea
With Captains Wade Barrett and wife Taylor Mann-Barrett at the wheel, the Fairhope-based sailing vessel Indigo is captured in Mobile Bay JUL 30 2025, finishing a maiden voyage that lasted more than five months and covered over 1,950 nautical miles. Taylor and Wade, who run the sailing service Eastern Shore Charter, left Fairhope FEB 24th,…
Jubilee Fun on Mobile bay
Fairhope resident Tony Dene-Rock Dennis gigs a flounder during a jubilee early the morning of JUL 30 2025 on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay…
Loaded for Christmas
YM Modesty, a 961 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the port of Mobile Thursday morning. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a trip that began Tuesday in Houston. According to ship manifests, YM Modesty carries about 16 tons…
Eastern Shore sunset
JUL 22 2025 concludes over Mobile Bay…
Jubilee in Fairhope
Jubilees don’t happen often. But just such an event takes place during the early morning hours of JUL 17 2025. People wanting to retrieve fish out of Mobile Bay have to be ready to respond in a flash when they occur. Jubilees are a natural phenomenon known to take place in Mobile Bay. Research suggests…
Cargo To Keep You Charged
APL Danube, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta and configured to carry major hazard cargo, passes Gaillard Island on the way into the port of Mobile the morning of JUL 14 2025. With a draught of 41 feet (distance from water level to bottom of hull), the…