Editing Mobile, Alabama (section)

====Water====
The [[Port of Mobile]] has public deepwater terminals with direct access to {{convert|1500|mi|km}} of inland and intracoastal waterways serving the [[Great Lakes]], the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] and [[Tennessee River|Tennessee river]] valleys (via the [[Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway]]), and the [[Gulf of Mexico]].<ref name="mobilechamber"/> The Alabama State Port Authority owns and operates the public terminals at the Port of Mobile.<ref name="mobilechamber"/> The public terminals handle [[Containerization|containerized]], bulk, breakbulk, [[roll-on/roll-off]], and heavy-lift cargoes.<ref name="mobilechamber"/> The port is also home to private bulk terminal operators, as well as a number of highly specialized shipbuilding and repair companies with two of the largest floating dry docks on the Gulf Coast.<ref name="mobilechamber"/>

The city was a home port for [[cruise ship]]s from [[Carnival Cruise Lines]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/ships/carnival_elation/default.aspx?shipCode=EL |title=Carnival Elation Cruises {{pipe}} Elation Cruise Ship {{pipe}} Carnival Cruise Line |publisher=Carnival.com |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> The first cruise ship to call the port home was the ''[[Holiday (ship)|Holiday]]'', which left the city in November 2009 so that a larger and newer ship could take its place. The ''[[Carnival Fantasy]]'' operated from Mobile from then on until the ''[[Carnival Elation]]'' arrived in May 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carnival Cruise Lines to deploy ''Elation'' to Mobile; could carry 170,000 passengers a year |author=Brian Lyman |newspaper=Press Register |date=September 17, 2009 |url=https://www.al.com/live/2009/09/carnival_cruise_lines_to_deplo.html|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> In early 2011, Carnival announced that despite fully booked cruises, the company would cease operations from Mobile in October 2011. This cessation of cruise service left the city with an annual [[interest|debt service]] of around two million dollars related to the terminal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jan/19/rent-alabama-cruise-terminal-ar-3077353/ |title=For Rent: The Alabama Cruise Terminal |author=Chad Petri |date=January 19, 2012 |work=WKRG News 5 |publisher=Media General Communications Holdings |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304175429/http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jan/19/rent-alabama-cruise-terminal-ar-3077353/ |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In September 2015, Carnival announced that the ''[[Carnival Fantasy]]'' was relocating from Miami, Florida, to Mobile and would offer four- and five-night cruises to Mexico that started in November 2016 through November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnival, City Of Mobile Announce Year-Long Season Of Cruises From Port Of Mobile Aboard Carnival Fantasy Beginning In 2016|url=http://carnival-news.com/2015/09/23/carnival-city-of-mobile-announce-year-long-season-of-cruises-from-port-of-mobile-aboard-carnival-fantasy-beginning-in-2016/|website=Carnival News|access-date=November 2, 2016|date=September 23, 2015}}</ref> Her first departure from Mobile left on November 9, 2016, on a five-night cruise to Cozumel and Progreso. ''[[Carnival Fascination]]'' will be replacing ''Carnival Fantasy'' in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnival Fantasy May be Gone for Good|url=https://mynbc15.com/news/local/carnival-fantasy-may-be-gone-for-good|website=mynbc15.com|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref>