Podcasts
Listen
for the day's
ship schedule,
marine weather,
and a some
info about
All
Things Maritime.
Week
of
7/9-7/13/18
- Monday:
Whale
strandings have
increased
recently in
the Pacific
Northwest.
We'll talk
about what experts
know so far.
(Podcast will
be posted
after the
show airs
on Coast
Community
Radio.)
- Tuesday:
The
French
research
vessel Tara
leaves
Portland today
after visiting
OMSI and
talking about
their mission of
bringing
awareness to
the problem
of ocean
plastics.
(Podcast will
be posted
after the
show airs
on Coast
Community
Radio.)
- Wednesday:
A
review of how
marine pilots
get on and off
ships -
something most
of us don't
see.
(Podcast will
be posted
after the
show airs
on Coast
Community
Radio.)
- Thursday:
An international coalition wants
to keep heavy bunker fuel out of
the Arctic on cruise ships.
- Friday:
This
weekend will
be gorgeous
at the beach.
A
few tips to
keep you
smiling and
safe in a
beautiful but
dangerous
place.
Week
of 7/2-7/6/18
Week of
7/2-7/6/18
- Monday: Podcast
pending
- Tuesday: Podcast
pending
- Wednesday: The
Ship Report is off for July 4,
Independence Day!
- Thursday:
The tragic story of the death of
a marine pilot in Texas.
- Friday:
The French sailing
research vessel Tara
is on the river in
Astoria today.
Week
of
6/18-6/22/18Week
of
6/18-6/22/18Week
of
6/25-6/29/18
- Monday: Podcast
pending
- Tuesday:
A new upriver cruise ship is
coming to the Columbia River.
- Wednesday:
A bit about light and the length
of our days now that we've
passed the summer solstice.
- Thursday:
Migrants are having a tough time
at sea as well as on land.
- Friday:
A tragic accident at
the Port of Longview
claims the life of a
longshoremen.
Week
of
6/18-6/22/18
Week of
6/18-6/22/18
- Monday:
A bit about water safety, in
honor of our nice weather.
- Tuesday:
Some tips about cargo on the
river.
- Wednesday:
The USCG Buoy Tender Fir leave
the Columbia for good.
We'll talk about what a buoy
tender does.
- Thursday:
Today
our weather
forecast
includes a
"marine layer"
that includes
cool,
almost foggy
weather and
high humidity.
Meanwhile,
inland, it's
been hot and
sunny. What's
a
marine layer?
- Friday:
Week
of
6/11-6/15/18
- Monday:
A new cargo ship is trying out
the concept of a new type of
sail to reduce fuel consumption.
- Tuesday:
How do ships see where they're
going at night?
- Wednesday:
What's a fish processor?
- Thursday:
Why do ships have different
shaped bows?
- Friday:
We'll talk about
why ships float.
Week
of 6/4-6/8/18
Week of
6/4-6/8/18
- Monday:
No podcast
available for
this show.
- Tuesday:
When
you
run a port and
need
to keep dock
space open
for deep draft
vessels, it
can be challenging
to deal with
all that silt.
Joanne Rideout
talks with
Port of
Astoria, Ore.,
Executive
Director Jim
Knight.
The
port
dredges over
10 feet of
silt annually
from its
berths.
- Wednesday:
For
the next
two days,
military and
other
specialized
vessels
will be
traveling
upriver to
Portland
for the
annual Rose
Festival.
- Thursday:
Tragedy
in Rockaway
Beach, Ore.,
as a father and
son
drown in the
surf.
- Friday:
Why do cargo ships mostly
have black hulls and red decks?THursTH
WedWedW run a
port and need
to keep
channels open
for deep draft
vessels, it
can be
challenging to
deal with all
that silt.
Joanne Rideout
talks with
Port of
Astoria, Ore.,
Executive
Director Jim
Knight. The
port dredges
over 10 feet
of silt
annually from
its berths
Week of 5/28-6/1/18
- No podcasts
available this week.
Week
of
5/21-5/25/18
- Monday:
No podcast
available for
this show.
- Tuesday:
Pyrosomes
are
showing up in PNW waters and
beaches. What's
a Pyrosome?
- Wednesday:
The heartbreaking
search for a lost
crab boat on
Willapa Bay.
- Thursday:
No podcast available
for this show.
- Friday:
Some
tips
for
having a safe
Memorial
Day on or near
the water.
Week
of 5/14-5/18/18
- Monday: No podcast
available for this show.
- Tuesday:
On a foggy morning in Astoria,
what horn signals might you hear
from ships passing by?
- Wednesday:
Why ships sink, Part 1.
- Thursday:
Why ships sink, Part 2.
- Friday:
The Columbia River has reached
flood stage in some areas thanks
to heavy snowmelt in the
Cascades.
Week of
5/7-5/11/18
- Monday:
The largest wooden structure
west of the Mississippi and why
it's used to store potash at the
Port of Portland.
- Tuesday:
How long it takes for the tide to turn
around after slack
water on the Columbia.
- Wednesday:
How
jetties and other
manmade
structures can
cause problems
for boaters.
- Thursday:
Why spring
snowmelt
on
the Columbia
could make
summer especially
dangerous for
people
wanting to
have fun in
the water.
Week
of
4/20-5/4/18
- Monday: How to tell if someone
is drowning. Note: it can be a silent,
unnoticed nightmare.
- Tuesday:
In
honor of the first day of May, a
bit about the origins
and use of the
distress call term,
"mayday.
- Wednesday:
An
update on the
proposed
methanol
plant at the
Port of Kalama,
Wash., which
would use natural
gas to produce
methanol for
export on
ships.
- Thursday:
A look at
cargo on the
river,
specifically
Potash and Soda
Ash.
- Friday:
The return of
containerships
to the
Columbia River
this year.
Week
of 4/23-4/27/18
- Monday: Plimsoll lines on the side of
ships and what they mean
- Tuesday:
Ship colors
- Wednesday:
Pilot ladders
- Thursday:
How
the
tariff
war between
the US and
China could
affect
Columbia River
wheat
- Friday:
Why
you should always
check the tide
tables before heading
to the ocean
beach
Week
of
4/16-4/20/18
- Monday: Podcast pending
- Tuesday:
A bit about the
different kinds of tugboats
you might see on the river
- Wednesday:
Info you'll see on a cargo ship
stern
- Thursday:
Dock lines - how
they're used and what
they do.
- Friday:
The bulbous bow: an
odd-looking but
important features
on modern ships
Week
of 4/9-4/13/18
- Monday:
USCG Award
- Tuesday:
Tsunami Road Show
- Wednesday:
The USS
Portland: a brand news Navy
ship named for Oregon's city.
- Thursday:
USS Portland arrival on the
river.
- Friday:
River
dynamics and
how
it affects ships
traveling
on the
river.
Week
of 4/2-4/6/18
- Monday: Podcast pending
- Tuesday:
Women in the maritime industry
- Wednesday:
The Beaufort Wind
Scale
- Thursday:
The anniversary of the 1972
Oregon Tornado
- Friday:
Tsunami Prep
Week
of
3/26-3/30/18
- Monday:
On Monday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about how
dangerous it is to shine even a
small laser pointer at an
aircraft.
- Tuesday:
On Tuesday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about a suspected
hoax caller who was arrested by
the Coast Guard this week.
- Wednesday:
On Wednesday's Ship Report,
Joanne Rideout talks about new
tsunami inundation maps just
released for the southwest
Washington Coast.
- Thursday:
On Thursday's Ship Report,
Joanne Rideout shares a story by
journalist Tom Banse about how
the new tsunami maps show
elevated risk for coastal
dwellers in southwest
Washington.
- Friday:
Week
of
3/19-3/23/18
- Monday:
On Monday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about hacking can be
used to interfere with the
operations of ships at sea.
- Tuesday:
On Tuesday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about an incident
that closed the Lewis and Clark
Bridge in Longview for hours on
Tuesday.
- Wednesday:
On Wednesday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about the Puget
Island Ferry between Oregon and
Washington on the Columbia.
- Thursday:
On Thursday's Ship Report, Joanne
Rideout talks about a near miss
between a USCG helicopter and a
small remote controlled drone.
- Friday:
On today's Ship Report,
Joanne Rideout talk about the
importance of wheat as a cargo on
the river.
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