Three people were rescued from the water Monday morning after a personal watercraft capsized near Pier 10 at the Port of Galveston.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office are responding to an oil spill reported Tuesday night near the Port of Galveston.

Federal investigators are boarding cruise ships nearly every week at the Port of Galveston to investigate crimes committed in international waters, KPRC 2 News has learned, as the Texas port experiences record-breaking passenger volumes.

As prolonged port closures across the U.S. continue to disrupt supply chains, grocery store aisles in Houston are being emptied by panicked shoppers scrambling to stock up on essential goods.

The only way off Pelican Island right now is by boat. Galveston County judge says fuel is still leaking and shipping is shut down for 6.5 miles getting in and out of the Port of Galveston, a 'major disruption'

A fourth cruise terminal complex is coming to the Port of Galveston.

The Port of Galveston Police Department said they are investigating a crash which sent several pedestrians to the hospital Saturday.

Need a vacation to the Caribbean? Carnival Cruise Line is expanding, offering a 10-day Western Caribbean cruise out of Galveston starting in 2025.

Scattering ashes at sea is a serene sendoff some choose for their loved ones.

An international cruise company is in negotiation with the Port of Galveston to build a fourth cruise terminal and parking garage in 2025, according to a release.

Here’s a First On 2 inside look at the Port of Galveston’s newest terminal and our Traffic Expert Anavid Reyes was the first reporter to get to walk through the 150,000 square-foot facility.

A 58-year-old woman was pronounced dead after officials say she fell about 60 feet off the top of a ship in Galveston Saturday. Here's what we know.

Royal Caribbean recently broke ground on a new cruise terminal slated to debut next fall in Galveston.

On Saturday, history was made at the Port of Galveston.

There are 300 crew members between the two carnival cruise ships, the Carnival Vista and the Carnival Breeze currently docked at the Port of Galveston, all agreed to be vaccinated. Carnival officials say it’s an important part of the process to get sailing again.

News that cruises could be resuming soon is making a big splash.

Rodger Rees, the director of the Port of Galveston, has asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asking for his help in pressuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift its moratorium on cruises by the summer.

GALVESTON – If you were looking to catch a Carnival cruise out of Galveston soon, you’ll have to wait. On Thursday, Carnival Cruise Line stated that some of its cruises from all U.S. homeports, except Miami and Port Canaveral, are canceled for November and December due to COVID-19 concerns. The cancellation applies to all cruises that were planned to sail out of the Port of Galveston. “Losing a cruise line is big for the Galveston industry,” Newman said. And while we are not making any presumptions, once cruising is allowed, we will center our initial start-up from the homeports of Miami and Port Canaveral,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.

HOUSTON – Unless the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. can be contained sooner, Americans won’t be cruising out of the country until after Halloween. Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Disney Cruise Lines are among dozens that have extended the cancelation of sailings from North America through October 31. A late 2019 Economic Impact study from CLIA revealed that cruise activity supports nearly half a million jobs in the US and generates about $53 billion annually in economic activity throughout the country. “Each day of the suspension of U.S. cruise operations results in a loss of up to $110 million in economic activity and 800 direct and indirect American jobs,” CLIA wrote on its website Wednesday. “The impact of the suspension is particularly profound in states that depend heavily on cruise tourism, including Florida, Texas, Alaska, Washington, New York and California.”