Mar 18, 2024
Today the answer to a listener question about dredging on the Columbia River, and a look at new beneficial use for dredge spoils: the many tons of sediment vacuumed off the river bottom annually.
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Mar 18, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today the answer to a listener question about dredging on the Columbia River, and a look at new beneficial use for dredge spoils: the many tons of sediment vacuumed off the river bottom annually.
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Mar 15, 2024
Today we’ll talk about a ship in the Astoria Anchorage that’s garnered some attention lately because of her name: the bulk carrier Kobayashi Maru is out there waiting to go upriver and pick up her cargo.
That’s prompted shipwatchers locally to wonder whether she was named by a zealous Star Trek fan, or whether her name is simply a charming term of endearment in Japanese.
The whole thing offers a great excuse to talk about ship names, so that’s what we’ll do today.
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Mar 15, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about a ship in the Astoria Anchorage that’s garnered some attention lately because of her name: the bulk carrier Kobayashi Maru is out there waiting to go upriver and pick up her cargo.
That’s prompted shipwatchers locally to wonder whether she was named by a zealous Star Trek fan, or whether her name is simply a charming term of endearment in Japanese.
The whole thing offers a great excuse to talk about ship names, so that’s what we’ll do today.
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Mar 14, 2024
Today, a listener question about a dilapidated looking ship in the Astoria Anchorage. Does a ship’s appearance signal problems on board? Possibly, but not necessarily. She could just need a good paint job. The ocean is hard on ships.
However, the question speaks to what’s become a global issue: ships being abandoned by their owners with crew on board. In some places in the world it’s reached crisis proportions. And at least once, it happened here.
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Mar 14, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a listener question about a dilapidated looking ship in the Astoria Anchorage. Does a ship’s appearance signal problems on board? Possibly, but not necessarily. She could just need a good paint job. The ocean is hard on ships.
However, the question speaks to what’s become a global issue: ships being abandoned by their owners with crew on board. In some places in the world it’s reached crisis proportions. And at least once, it happened here.
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Mar 13, 2024
Today we’ll take a look at how and why recent shipping troubles at the Suez Canal and Panama canals affect us all.
Ships now must use alternate strategies to get around two of the most vital waterways in the world, and the effect could be higher inflation and increased costs for consumers.
Photo: Locomotives Tow Container Ship through Miraflores Locks – Panama Canal – Panama.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 13, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll take a look at how and why recent shipping troubles at the Suez Canal and Panama canals affect us all.
Ships now must use alternate strategies to get around two of the most vital waterways in the world, and the effect could be higher inflation and increased costs for consumers.
Photo: Locomotives Tow Container Ship through Miraflores Locks – Panama Canal – Panama.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 12, 2024
Today, a listener question about car carriers and ballast water. We’ll talk about how highly automated many systems are on modern ships and how a computer malfunction can lead to dangerous ballast water problems.
Photo: The Cougar Ace car carrier on its side in the Pacific after a computer issue in 2006 caused her ballast water tanks to become unbalanced. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Mar 12, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a listener question about car carriers and ballast water. We’ll talk about how highly automated many systems are on modern ships and how a computer malfunction can lead to dangerous ballast water problems.
Photo: The Cougar Ace car carrier on its side in the Pacific after a computer issue in 2006 caused her ballast water tanks to become unbalanced. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Mar 11, 2024
Today, a question about ships on the Columbia running aground: why it sometimes happens and what ships do about it.
It’s not a common occurrence but when it happens, it’s a maritime emergency, and pilots and crews take swift action to get things under control.
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Mar 11, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a question about ships on the Columbia running aground: why it sometimes happens and what ships do about it.
It’s not a common occurrence but when it happens, it’s a maritime emergency, and pilots and crews take swift action to get things under control.
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