Nov 12, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we take a look at our seasonally rowdy weather forecast, which already has the Columbia River Bar on Red status this morning, meaning ship traffic is halted across the river entrance until conditions improve. Add that to King Tides we’ll see starting on Friday, and it’s a recipe for some serious beach hazards you need to know about.
It’s tun to see big waves, just make sure you’re in a safe place to watch. And there are plenty of places to go for a good perch so you can see everything but not risk your life in the process.
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Nov 11, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Every year around this time, I do a show about an enduring maritime tragedy: the sinking of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. The incident, where the ship was lost in a storm and all hands perished, is emblematic of the risks all mariners take when they go to sea, and of the grief endured by their loved ones on land – waiting for those who never return home.
Today and every year on the show, we honor those lost at sea by commemorating this tragedy.
This show features Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic song about the tragedy, which is a factual account of what happened. We’ll take a look at what happened aboard the FItzgerald that led her her demise on an icy night on the big lake.
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Nov 7, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
The presence of a large containership, outbound on the river today, offers a good opportunity to talk about the invention of a device that revolutionized the shipping industry: the now ubiquitous shipping container.
This commonly seen metal cargo box, which made its debut on a ship 68 years ago, soon permanently changed how cargo was shipped worldwide.
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Nov 7, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at today’s complement of ships, what they’re carrying, where they’re from and where they’re headed.
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Nov 6, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we take another look at the lives of sailors at sea, and talk about how some ships that formerly transited the Suez Canal are now taking a longer route around the southern tip of Africa, to avoid violent vessel attacks in the Red Sea.
The result for diverted ships has been voyages that last about two weeks longer than before. The unexpected perk for sailors on board has turned out to be reduced stress, more job satisfaction, more time to do their work, and obtain needed training.
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Nov 5, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a look at the lives of the people who live and work on the ships that travel the world and bring us all our “stuff.”
We’ll look at the latest data from the Seafarers Happiness Index, which assesses how life is going at asea for sailors. and a look at what countries sailors are mostly like to hail from.
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