Today’s Your Daily Boarding Call brings a dramatic rescue at sea, major U.S. cruise-port expansion, and two serious international stories.

Passengers aboard Carnival Conquest watched as the ship diverted to rescue a mariner stranded at sea, while Philadelphia’s new cruise terminal officially welcomes passengers after cruising returned to the city following a 15-year absence.

Meanwhile, Galveston is negotiating with Royal Caribbean Group for a possible fifth cruise terminal, signaling even more growth for one of America’s fastest-expanding cruise ports.

GFree also covers the disturbing federal operation involving 11 cruise crew members arrested in Boston in connection with alleged child sexual abuse material, and a devastating flash flood ...