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The Crabpot Christmas Tree

On today's Ship Report, Joanne Rideout talks about this year's annual lighting of Ilwaco, Washington's World's Tallest Crabpot Christmas Tree on Saturday, and shares a Ship Report holiday tradition: the Crabpot Tree Carol.

Ilwaco's Crabpot Christmas Tree. Image courtesy Dirk Sweringen

Thursday
December 5, 2013

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In Today's Report:

Ship Schedule

Marine Weather

The World's Tallest Crabpot Christmas Tree

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Fukushima Links

Links to resources cited in
March 25 Ship Report

Japan Times: Power trouble at Fukushima plant
Japan Times: Editorial: Accident highlights nuclear peril
Stanford University: Bluefin tuna show radioactive isotopes
ENENews: Tokyo professor says radiation continues to be released into the sea

Columbia River Ship Traffic

Posted Weekdays Except for Major Holidays
Schedules Approximate and Subject to Change

INBOUND

Pacific Scorpio – San Francisco to Astoria Anchorage – Wheat (Ast~7:30am)
Prabhu Parvati – Vancouver BC to Longview – Logs (Ast~9:30am/Lgv~3:30pm)
Mishima – Japan to Astoria Anchorage – Corn, Soy or Wheat (Ast~3:30pm)
Indiana Highway – Japan to Portland – Toyotas (Ast~6:30pm/PDX~12:30am Fri)

ASTORIA ANCHORAGE

Theodor Oldendorff – to Kalama – Wheat (Dep~2pm/Kal~7pm)
Western Ehime – Awaiting Orders
Bell Bay – Awaiting Orders
Yu Zhu Feng – Awaiting Orders
Maritsa – Awaiting Orders
Ligari – Awaiting Orders

OUTBOUND

Navios Libra II – Dep Kalama – Wheat (Dep~7am/Ast~Noon)
ATB Sea Reliance – Dep Portland – Petroleum (Dep~8am/Ast~4pm)
Oriente Challenger – Dep Vancouver – Wheat (Dep~10am/Ast~4pm)
Isla de Cedros – Dep Longview – Salt (Dep~1:30pm/Ast~5pm)
N Discovery – Dep Vancouver – Copper Concentrate (Dep~1:30pm/Ast~7:30pm)
Barito – Dep Kalama Anchorage – Corn, Soy or Wheat (Dep~Midnight/Ast~5am Fri)

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When's High Tide where you are? Find Tidal info at www.saltwatertides.com

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Approximate Vessel Travel Times:
(Times vary according to tidal conditions, current, weather,
and individual vessel horsepower)

Portland/Vancouver -Astoria: 6-8 hours

Kalama -Astoria: 5 hours

Longview -Astoria: 3.5 hours

Columbia River Bar - Astoria: 1.5 hours

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Tide Notes:

Tide times are often listed in 24 hour time - for times after noon, subtract 1200 from the time to get regular clock time. Ex: 1300 hrs - 1200 = 1:00 pm)

Also, tides are referenced to Mean Lower Low Water, a reference point for depth on many nautical charts. MLLW is the average of the lower of the two low tides in a day, over a 19-year cycle. Minus tides are lower than MLLW.

If you're right on the coast, subtract an hour from these times. Upriver, highs and lows happen later. For instance, in Knappa, add an hour. In Clatskanie, add 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Tidal info for other areas at www.saltwatertides.com

Ship Horn Signals
Commonly Heard off Astoria:

One prolonged blast every two minutes or less: vessel operating in fog.
Five consecutive horn blasts: warning signal that means literally "I do not know your intention." This generally means another vessel is in the way of a ship in the channel, and is being asked to move before they collide.
Three short blasts: Vessel going in reverse

One long blast followed by three short: signal for the change of pilots. Soon after this signal, you'll see the pilot launch Arrow II head out to a passing ship, to facilitate the transfer of bar and river pilots.

Note: "Pilot transfer" is when a pilot disembarks or boards a ship. Ships generally must by law have a river or bar pilot on board when they are on the Columbia or Willamette Rivers. The bar and river pilots have separate pilotage grounds defined by the Oregon Legislature.

Revelers gather every December in Ilwaco, Wash.,
for the ceremonial lighting of the World's Tallest Crab Pot
Christmas Tree. Photo: Dirk Sweringen © 2008.

The R/V Marcus G. Langseth in a gale
off Tonga

The R/V Marcus G. Langseth in a gale
off Tonga

The R/V Marcus G. Langseth takes seas over the rail in a gale off
Tonga in the South Pacific. Photo: Ted Koczynski © 2009.

The Marcus G. Langseth is a seismic research vessel owned by the
National Science Foundation and operated by Columbia University.
She spent several months in Astoria in the fall of both 2008 and 2009,
at the Port of Astoria. In early December, she headed to the shipyard
in Portland for some needed maintenance and repairs.
She headed back out to sea in early 2010.

Podcasts This Week

Monday: We'll talk about the steward's department - an important service on board ships.
Tuesday: Ice on ships and boats - a potentially deadly proposition.
Wednesday: A recent story about the attempted theft of a high speed passenger ferry shows why ships are not like cars.
Thursday: The World's Tallest Crabpot Christmas Tree lighting happens this Saturday in Ilwaco Washington. We'll play the Crabpot Tree Carol to honor this coastal tradition.

Report archives for this week

Bulletin Board:

Blog: Mystic's Adventures: Joan Marie and Ron Ash live aboard

Bridge Safety by Zip Code

NOAA Public Comment on Right Whale Protections

Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain come to the Columbia River

Deployed for the Holidays:
interviews with mariners and military personnel

Oregon King Tide Photo Project

Washington King Tide Photo Initiative

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald [video]

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Ship's Store

Shipwatching Guide - A handy foldout guide that will teach you how to identify the ships you see.
Fisher Poets CD - Recorded live in 2006 at the 11th Annual Fisher Poets Gathering in Astoria, Ore. Sales benefit Coast Community Radio in Astoria.

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Ship Report Producer Joanne Rideout
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The Ship Report
is a daily podcast about ship traffic from around the world, along with recorded interviews with mariners and other nautical folk about issues ranging from piracy to life at sea. Producer Joanne Rideout is a journalist and photographer who created The Ship Report in 2005. Since then Joanne and has been interviewing, writing and photographing the maritime world and its interesting people
as much as she possibly can.
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