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Why Mobile?
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02/15/2013 10:00 AM
02/15/2013 10:00 AM
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Can anyone answer the basic question of why the Carnival Triumph was towed to a shuttered cruise terminal in Mobile Alabama rather than its home port of Galveston? The media appears to have not addressed this obvious question.
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Re: Why Mobile?
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02/15/2013 10:26 AM
02/15/2013 10:26 AM
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I believe the reason is that there is a ship repair yard in Mobile and I think Mobile was actually closer than Galveston, at the time that they decided to go to the US, versus Mexico. I'm sure that question was answered, just not last night.
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Re: Why Mobile?
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02/26/2013 08:45 PM
02/26/2013 08:45 PM
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Even the US Coast Guard agreed that Mobile was the best place to go, because of the way the winds and the currents were going. Going toward Mobile, even though further, made more sense because the ship would be going WITH the current, versus trying to pull the ship against the current. Not to mention the fact that there were 750 people onboard who did not have passports, so would have to undergo enhanced procedures just to be let back into the US AND the fact that, as actually happened, many passengers had family members come pick them up at the port in Mobile and they were able to get home more quickly, to be with their families.
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