– 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…
𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙗𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧: 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 ship’s itinerary is part of a two week repositioning cruise that…
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…
Spirit bids Mobile farewell until fall: Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay Thursday afternoon, marking the end of cruise ship travel out of Mobile for about eight months. Moving at 15 mph, the ship sets course for Miami and later…
Enough aboard to leave you plastered for a very long time: MSC Vigo, an 887 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Germany, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile Sunday afternoon. With a draught of 32 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a…
Airbus ship in Mobile Bay: 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 on a frigid wind-whipped Monday. Moving at 17 mph, the ship finishes a fourteen day voyage that began DEC 23rd from Montoir, France. City of Hamburg…
Breeze breezes out of Mobile: In a photo shot from Fairhope AUG 07 2024, A Breeze Airways Airbus A220 lines up to land in Mobile. Breeze has just announced that it is terminating air service from Mobile effective JAN 31st. The airline began flying out of Mobile in April of 2024, offering service to Orlando,…
Carnival Spirit, the 959 foot by 127 foot passenger ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay at sunset Saturday, DEC 7th, 2024. Moving at 11 mph, the ship begins a voyage lasting eight days that will take passengers to the Bahamas before returning to Mobile DEC 15th. Photo shot from…