Jul 05, 2023
Today we’ll hear the first segment of an interview with the captain of the Cal Maritime training ship, the Golden Bear. Captain Samaro Bannister is a 2000 graduate of the school with an impressive career in the maritime industry.
She holds an unlimited masters license, which allows her to serve as the master on any ship of any tonnage, size, or type, anywhere in the world. And she’s the first woman ever to hold the position of captain on a Cal Maritime training ship.
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Jul 5, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll hear the first segment of an interview with the captain of the Cal Maritime training ship, the Golden Bear. Captain Samaro Bannister is a 2000 graduate of the school with an impressive career in the maritime industry.
She holds an unlimited masters license, which allows her to serve as the master on any ship of any tonnage, size, or type, anywhere in the world. And she’s the first woman ever to hold the position of captain on a Cal Maritime training ship.
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Jul 03, 2023
We have a special visitor in town for the 4th; the California Maritime Academy’s cadet training ship the Golden Bear is in town. She’s docked at the Port of Astoria until Wednesday. The school is a four-year university that teaches students who want to work in the maritime professions.
Image: The original uploader was Frijole at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jul 3, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We have a special visitor in town for the 4th; the California Maritime Academy’s cadet training ship the Golden Bear is in town. She’s docked at the Port of Astoria until Wednesday. The school is a four-year university that teaches students who want to work in the maritime professions.
Image: The original uploader was Frijole at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jun 30, 2023
Today we conclude our chat with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, with a wide ranging talk about liquid cargoes, ballast, double hulled vessels, storms at sea, and seasickness.
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Jun 30, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we conclude our chat with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, with a wide ranging talk about liquid cargoes, ballast, double hulled vessels, storms at sea, and seasickness.
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Jun 29, 2023
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, about the technology and uses of ATB and ITB technology in the shipping industry.
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Jun 29, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with marine Chief Engineer Bill Young, about the technology and uses of ATB and ITB technology in the shipping industry.
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Jun 28, 2023
This week we’re talking about a specialized type of vessel we see here on the Columbia, the ATB (articulated tug and barge) and the ITB (integrated tug and barge). We’ll learn more about how they work, and about the use of the super hard tropical wood, lignum vitae, for high stress bearings and other uses, in the maritime industry.
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Jun 28, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This week we’re talking about a specialized type of vessel we see here on the Columbia, the ATB (articulated tug and barge) and the ITB (integrated tug and barge). We’ll learn more about how they work, and about the use of the super hard tropical wood, lignum vitae, for high stress bearings and other uses, in the maritime industry.
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Jun 27, 2023
Today we begin a series on ATB and ITB tug and barge rigs: articulated and integrated tug and barge units. We see a lot of them on the Columbia, and they kind of look like a ship, but they’re not. Chief Engineer Bill Young will be talking with us about them this week. A look inside the maritime industry with an expert.
Photo credit: Joanne Rideout. ATB Ocean Reliance, a Crowley Maritime-owned vessel.
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Jun 27, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we begin a series on ATB and ITB tug and barge rigs: articulated and integrated tug and barge units. We see a lot of them on the Columbia, and they kind of look like a ship, but they’re not. Chief Engineer Bill Young will be talking with us about them this week. A look inside the maritime industry with an expert.
Photo credit: Joanne Rideout. ATB Ocean Reliance, a Crowley Maritime-owned vessel.
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