Today we have an unusual cargo ship on the river: a self loader called the CSL Tecumseh. She’s bringing Gypsum to Rainier. What makes her unusual is she has all the gear she needs to load and unload her own cargo at the dock. We’ll talk about why that’s important.
Image courtesy Canadian Steamship Lines.
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Earlier this month, I made a passing reference to there being a new ship anchorage on the Columbia River near Skamakowa.
Today we’ll look at that in more depth, and talk about the complicated affair of anchoring a gigantic ship on a swift, powerful and capricious river.
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The final segment of our week-long series about car ships.
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Part 4 of our series this week on carships.
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Part 2 of our series on car carriers, featuring now retired Columbia River Bar Pilot, Capt. Robert Johnson.
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Today we begin a special archive interview series on car carriers, featuring a local expert who was a frequent guest on the show in past years: Columbia River Pilot Robert Johnson.
This week on the show, while I’m away, you’ll hear a lot of great info about these important vessels that are specially designed for one type of cargo: vehicles.
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