Mar 15, 2022
We talk a lot about marine pilots on the Ship Report. Alongside those accomplished professionals works a cadre of skilled support professionals – from boat operators to deckhands to helicopter pilots and winch operators, to dispatchers and office staff. These folks together make this amazing matitime work possible on the river every day.
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Mar 15, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We talk a lot about marine pilots on the Ship Report. Alongside those accomplished professionals works a cadre of skilled support professionals – from boat operators to deckhands to helicopter pilots and winch operators, to dispatchers and office staff. These folks together make this amazing matitime work possible on the river every day.
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Mar 14, 2022
A look at another facet of the fine art of shiphandling: most of our ships here on the Columbia enter the river light and leave loaded.
That means they have to negotiate low tide somewhere along their journey to the sea, when they have less water under their keels than when they arrived. Pilots do a lot of careful planning to insure that ships are safe at all points along that outbound trip.
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Mar 14, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at another facet of the fine art of shiphandling: most of our ships here on the Columbia enter the river light and leave loaded.
That means they have to negotiate low tide somewhere along their journey to the sea, when they have less water under their keels than when they arrived. Pilots do a lot of careful planning to insure that ships are safe at all points along that outbound trip.
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Mar 11, 2022
A look at the problematic lithium ion battery, which seems to be the culprit in an increasing number of fires on board car carriers.
Note: image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Sincerity Ace, sister ship to the Felicity Ace, which sank in the north Atlantic this month after a fire on board that experts believe was likely caused by lithium ion batteries.
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Mar 11, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at the problematic lithium ion battery, which seems to be the culprit in an increasing number of fires on board car carriers.
Note: image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Sincerity Ace, sister ship to the Felicity Ace, which sank in the north Atlantic this month after a fire on board that experts believe was likely caused by lithium ion batteries.
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Mar 10, 2022
A detailed look at ships on the Columbia today, who’s going where, what’s on board and more.
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Mar 10, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A detailed look at ships on the Columbia today, who’s going where, what’s on board and more.
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Mar 09, 2022
Today a look at the complicated art of ship handling and piloting on the river, in light of yesterday’s big containership on the Columbia River.
Photo: Pilot boat Connor Foss with rainbow.
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Mar 9, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today a look at the complicated art of ship handling and piloting on the river, in light of yesterday’s big containership on the Columbia River.
Photo: Pilot boat Connor Foss with rainbow.
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Mar 08, 2022
Today we take another look at the Navios Unite, that humongous containership that made her way to Portland up the Columbia yesterday. She was the biggest containership ever to call on the Columbia. We’ll take a look at what the limiting and helpful factors are that determine whether a ship can fit on the Columbia.
Photo Credit: Photo by Astoria photographer Scott Saulsbury. This image really shows the immensity of the ship compared to Astoria’s waterfront.
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Mar 8, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we take another look at the Navios Unite, that humongous containership that made her way to Portland up the Columbia yesterday. She was the biggest containership ever to call on the Columbia. We’ll take a look at what the limiting and helpful factors are that determine whether a ship can fit on the Columbia.
Photo Credit: Photo by Astoria photographer Scott Saulsbury. This image really shows the immensity of the ship compared to Astoria’s waterfront.
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