Skip to content

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Mobile and Baldwin County News

About Submit a tip

Latest

Gulf Shores Home Occupation Rules Now Allow Multiple Licenses per Household Follow-Up Scan After Back Surgery Leads to Early Lung Cancer Diagnosis for Monroeville Woman Prichard Prep Tailgate Dinner Brings Broadcast Stars to Mobile U.S. 31 Spanish Fort Upgrades: ALDOT Wants Your Input by Dec. 10 Weekly USA Health Mobile Clinic Brings Checkups to LeFlore Magnet High Students on Campus Orange Beach Visitor Stop Gets New Look as Alabama’s Beaches Welcome Center Daphne Apartment Murder Ends in Life Without Parole Sentence Mobile Fire-Rescue Boot Drive Returns Nov. 12-14 for Two Charities

Section

Port of Mobile

News from the Port of Mobile, including the Alabama State Port Authority, shipping, cruise service and port expansion.

24 stories

Tugboats, including one named Isabelle, tow the weathered ocean liner SS United States, its funnels removed, down the Mobile River past cranes and an Austal USA building while spectators watch from the shore and a Coast Guard cutter follows.

Environment

SS United States Leaves Mobile on Final Voyage as Okaloosa County Moves Sinking Up to Wednesday

Tugboats towed the SS United States out of Mobile on Nov. 9 as spectators said goodbye. Okaloosa County moved the sinking up to Wednesday,…

Nov 10, 2026 Mobile

The stripped hull of the SS United States docked on the Mobile River with tugboats alongside and port cranes in the background

Environment

Judge Rejects Bid to Halt SS United States Sinking; Liner Still Set to Leave Mobile Monday as Group Refiles

Nov 7, 2026 Mobile

A gray naval support ship tied up at a shipyard pier

Politics

Australian Report Says Trump Administration Pressure Is Driving Possible Sale of Mobile’s Austal USA to Korea’s Hanwha

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

A large ocean liner with a Coast Guard boat alongside in a harbor

Environment

Preservation Group Sues to Stop SS United States Sinking as Coast Guard Sets Moving Safety Zone for Monday Tow From Mobile

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

A heavy pipe section on a trailer beneath an industrial pipe bridge on a causeway at dusk

Traffic

Cochrane Causeway to Close Overnight Saturday for Pipe Bridge Replacement; Hazmat Haulers Must Follow I-65 Detour

Nov 6, 2026 Mobile

Aerial view of a busy deepwater port with cranes and a ship near coastal beaches

Politics

Tuberville’s Victory Speech Nods to Gulf Beaches, Mobile Shipbuilding and Port, and Statewide Broadband

Nov 5, 2026 Mobile

Illustration of a courthouse and shipyard along a river with the scales of justice in the sky

Crime

Rep. Napoleon Bracy Appeals Dismissal of Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Austal to the Eleventh Circuit

Nov 3, 2026 Mobile

Illustration of a retired aircraft carrier under tow approaching a Gulf Coast port at dawn

Business

Ex-USS Enterprise Leaves Virginia on Final Voyage to Mobile, With Arrival Expected Around Nov. 13

Nov 3, 2026 Alabama Port

Loaded container ship escorted by a tugboat past cranes at a container terminal, illustrating the Alabama Port Authority record year

Business

Deeper Ship Channel Powers Alabama Port Authority to Record $245 Million Year

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

The long dark hull of the SS United States ocean liner, its smokestacks removed, docked at a waterfront shipyard on the Mobile River under a blue sky

Environment

SS United States Will Leave Mobile in November for Its Final Voyage to a Gulf Reef Site

Oct 11, 2026 Mobile

A U.S. Coast Guard response boat passes a red navigation buoy in the Mobile ship channel under cloudy skies, with port cranes visible in the distance

Weather

Coast Guard Sector Mobile Sends Teams to Reopen Gulf Ports After Hurricane Isaias

Oct 11, 2026 Hurricane

Illustration for the news story: Port of Mobile Suspends Vessel and Terminal Operations as Hurricane Isaias Approaches

Weather

Port of Mobile Suspends Vessel and Terminal Operations as Hurricane Isaias Approaches

Oct 9, 2026 Hurricane

Illustration for the news story: Mobile Police Academy Class #81 Graduates as MPD Climbs to 503 Officers, Nears Full Staffing

Public Safety

Mobile Police Academy Class #81 Graduates as MPD Climbs to 503 Officers, Nears Full Staffing

Oct 6, 2026 Daphne