Nov 15, 2023
We’ll have a cruise ship at the Port of Astoria today, but cruise season is over here. Its not a pleasure trip.
The ship, the Carnival Panorama, has no passengers on board and is struggling with mechanical issues. She’s stopping at the Port of Astoria to see if she can solve a few things before she heads to the shipyard at Swan Island in Portland.
The issue: her smoke stack assembly is too tall to fit under the fixed bridges on the Columbia. The short answer is they’ll have to be removed. But how that will happen was still being worked out as of yesterday evening.
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Nov 15, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We’ll have a cruise ship at the Port of Astoria today, but cruise season is over here. Its not a pleasure trip.
The ship, the Carnival Panorama, has no passengers on board and is struggling with mechanical issues. She’s stopping at the Port of Astoria to see if she can solve a few things before she heads to the shipyard at Swan Island in Portland.
The issue: her smoke stack assembly is too tall to fit under the fixed bridges on the Columbia. The short answer is they’ll have to be removed. But how that will happen was still being worked out as of yesterday evening.
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Nov 14, 2023
Today is the final installment of my recent interview with Christi Lee Dunham, vessel agent on the Columbia River. One of the things Christi loves about her job is all the people she meets from cultures around the world. Regular clients become familiar faces, they sometimes offer her dinner on board the ship.
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Nov 14, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today is the final installment of my recent interview with Christi Lee Dunham, vessel agent on the Columbia River. One of the things Christi loves about her job is all the people she meets from cultures around the world. Regular clients become familiar faces, they sometimes offer her dinner on board the ship.
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Nov 13, 2023
More today from my recent interview with vessel agent Christi Lee Dunham. We start off talking more about women in the maritime industry, which leads into a discussion about the outstanding maritime community we have here on the Columbia.
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Nov 13, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
More today from my recent interview with vessel agent Christi Lee Dunham. We start off talking more about women in the maritime industry, which leads into a discussion about the outstanding maritime community we have here on the Columbia.
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Nov 10, 2023
Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
The wreck was one of the worst maritime disasters in US history, as 29 crewmembers perished in a massive storm. The ship sank just 17 miles from port, within sight of land, about the distance between Astoria and the Columbia River Bar. This haunting story is told so well by Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. His now famous song about the wreck is actually a factual account of what happened on that sad day.
The story is a haunting reminder that maritime work is dangerous. We honor those lost, and the families on land who mourn them.
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Nov 10, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.
The wreck was one of the worst maritime disasters in US history, as 29 crewmembers perished in a massive storm. The ship sank just 17 miles from port, within sight of land, about the distance between Astoria and the Columbia River Bar. This haunting story is told so well by Canadian songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. His now famous song about the wreck is actually a factual account of what happened on that sad day.
The story is a haunting reminder that maritime work is dangerous. We honor those lost, and the families on land who mourn them.
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Nov 09, 2023
Today we continue our interview with Christi Lee Dunham, vessel agent on the Columbia River. We’ve been hearing this week about her work in the maritime industry. She’s a primary liaison with arriving foreign flag cargo vessels, handling the red tape and other issues that are part and parcel for ships calling on US ports from other nations.
Today we’ll talk with Christi about how the industry has evolved for women since she first started out. For women interested in a maritime career, it’s good news.
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Nov 9, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we continue our interview with Christi Lee Dunham, vessel agent on the Columbia River. We’ve been hearing this week about her work in the maritime industry. She’s a primary liaison with arriving foreign flag cargo vessels, handling the red tape and other issues that are part and parcel for ships calling on US ports from other nations.
Today we’ll talk with Christi about how the industry has evolved for women since she first started out. For women interested in a maritime career, it’s good news.
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Nov 08, 2023
The work of ships agents is wide ranging – they deal with almost anything that might come up for an arriving foreign ship.
Today, in Part 3 of our series on the work of these maritime professionals, we’ll hear more from vessel agent Christi Lee Dunham, about how she works with the U.S Coast Guard and Customs when ships arrive. It’s a process that can be intimidating for crews, as officers scrutinize each person closely who’s aboard the ship.
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Nov 8, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
The work of ships agents is wide ranging – they deal with almost anything that might come up for an arriving foreign ship.
Today, in Part 3 of our series on the work of these maritime professionals, we’ll hear more from vessel agent Christi Lee Dunham, about how she works with the U.S Coast Guard and Customs when ships arrive. It’s a process that can be intimidating for crews, as officers scrutinize each person closely who’s aboard the ship.
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