May 09, 2022
Late last week a sailboat came ashore in bad weather on the beach at Fort Stevens in Clatsop County and was a total loss. The boat’s master, fortunately, was rescued by the Coast Guard. We’ll talk today about the dangerous waters boaters face, in this region we call home.
Image courtesy of USCG Station Cape Disappointment
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May 9, 2022 | Columbia River Ship Traffic, Home Slider
Late last week a sailboat came ashore in bad weather on the beach at Fort Stevens in Clatsop County and was a total loss. The boat’s master, fortunately, was rescued by the Coast Guard. We’ll talk today about the dangerous waters boaters face, in this region we call home.
Image courtesy of USCG Station Cape Disappointment
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Jan 20, 2022
Today we’ll talk a little more about Tonga, and about a special kind of ship, of a type often seen here on the Columbia, that can install and repair undersea fiber optic cable. Tonga will soon have a ship like that in her waters repairing her cable and restoring internet to this island nation.
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Jan 20, 2022 | Columbia River Ship Traffic, Home Slider
Today we’ll talk a little more about Tonga, and about a special kind of ship, of a type often seen here on the Columbia, that can install and repair undersea fiber optic cable. Tonga will soon have a ship like that in her waters repairing her cable and restoring internet to this island nation.
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Sep 14, 2021
Today we celebrate the return of rain to the dry Pacific Northwest (forecast for later this week, fingers crossed), and a look at a call from the CEO of the largest shipping company in the world for a ban on newbuilds of fossil fuel burning ships.
Photo credit Wikimedia Commons. Photographer: Łukasz Golowanow. Online at http://konflikty.pl/
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Sep 14, 2021 | Columbia River Ship Traffic, Home Slider
Today we celebrate the return of rain to the dry Pacific Northwest (forecast for later this week, fingers crossed), and a look at a call from the CEO of the largest shipping company in the world for a ban on newbuilds of fossil fuel burning ships.
Photo credit Wikimedia Commons. Photographer: Łukasz Golowanow. Online at http://konflikty.pl/
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