Apr 29, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Lots of folks saw that big cruise ship sitting at anchor near Warrenton, instead of at the Port of Astoria where we all thought she should be.
Turns out Mother Nature had other plans for her… there was a extra-low low tide this morning, and that meant that the ship had to wait in deeper water for the tide to rise, so there would be enough deep water at the dock so she could tie up there.
It was a planned maneuver executed by the bar pilots. Once the tide rose enough, the ship was able by midday to head to the dock.
Part of the unseen expertise that keeps ships of all kinds safe on the river.
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Apr 29, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a perennial question that comes up now and again: where actually is the Columbia River Bar? It opens the door to an interesting and complex answer about how the river works and influences all our lives here.
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Apr 28, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll see who’s on the river and take a closer look at a cargo that’s often delivered to Longview: industrial salt.
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Apr 25, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, an answer to a listener question about the Vigorous dry dock at the Swan Island shipyard in Portland. It’s an engineering marvel, and the largest floating drydock in North America. We’ll take a closer look.
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Apr 24, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A bit about today’s ships: berths, cargo, anchorages – among the reasons ships come here to the Columbia River
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Apr 23, 2025 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Two things today: first, a look at preliminary info about this year’s Rose Festival Fleet of visiting military ships due here in June on the river. And, why was there a big ocean-going cruise ship heading upriver recently?
We’ll talk about all of that, and a look at marine weather and ship traffic for today.
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