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A Galveston cruise terminal was evacuated yesterday due to a suspicious package. A police dog found the package on Carnival's Ecstasy ship around 8:30 yesterday morning. The port was closed from Pelican Island to Galveston Yacht Basin. The package turned out to be nothing but a computer printer. We're sure that the passengers on board the ship, who were returning from a five-day Caribbean cruise, were not terribly excited about hanging out in their rooms... more ›

"Galveston, oh Galveston, I can see your sea cans shining." In a move that may result in the Island becoming a big player in the containerized cargo business (or "sea cans", as Houstonist likes to call them), the Port of Houston Authority voted to return control of the Pier 10 container terminal to Galveston managers. The Port of Galveston and Galveston City Council will meet Thursday to discuss the impact of this move on public... more ›