Dec 19, 2022
Today we talk in depth about the ship schedule, and especially those commonly seen barges on the river that have heaps of white powder on them. Lots of questions in the air about these when they do by, so we’ll talk about what’s on board.
(Spoiler alert: it’s limestone.)
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Dec 19, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk in depth about the ship schedule, and especially those commonly seen barges on the river that have heaps of white powder on them. Lots of questions in the air about these when they do by, so we’ll talk about what’s on board.
(Spoiler alert: it’s limestone.)
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Dec 16, 2022
Today we look at a type of vessel that that is a regular visitor to our waters: the ATB tug and barge rig. It’s sort of a hybrid of a ship and a tug and barge tow. More efficient in some ways, less expensive to operate than ships. Because of these quallities, we’re likely to see more of them as the years go by.
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Dec 16, 2022 | Columbia River Ship Traffic, Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we look at a type of vessel that that is a regular visitor to our waters: the ATB tug and barge rig. It’s sort of a hybrid of a ship and a tug and barge tow. More efficient in some ways, less expensive to operate than ships. Because of these quallities, we’re likely to see more of them as the years go by.
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Dec 15, 2022
Today we talk about the other kinds of vessels we see on the river, ones that don’t necessarily get mentioned on the Ship Report often. They’re important too.
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Dec 15, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about the other kinds of vessels we see on the river, ones that don’t necessarily get mentioned on the Ship Report often. They’re important too.
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Dec 14, 2022
Two people and a dog on board a small sailboat missing since Sunday were rescued 200 miles off the coast of Delaware by a cargo ship. The boat had lost power and run out of fuel, and the vessel was the subject of a huge coast guard search. The search was somewhat urgent, because the boat’s path took it past infamous Cape Hatteras, the Graveyard of the Atlantic. All on board were rescued, but, per the US Coast Guard, they could have saved themselves a lot of grief with a little more knowledge and planning.
Image credit: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Dec 14, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Two people and a dog on board a small sailboat missing since Sunday were rescued 200 miles off the coast of Delaware by a cargo ship. The boat had lost power and run out of fuel, and the vessel was the subject of a huge coast guard search. The search was somewhat urgent, because the boat’s path took it past infamous Cape Hatteras, the Graveyard of the Atlantic. All on board were rescued, but, per the US Coast Guard, they could have saved themselves a lot of grief with a little more knowledge and planning.
Image credit: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Dec 13, 2022
Today we talk about seasickness and the type of vessel where you are least likely to get it – the submarine.
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Dec 13, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about seasickness and the type of vessel where you are least likely to get it – the submarine.
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Dec 12, 2022
A look at today’s ship schedule, which includes an interesting mix of foreign flagged and Jones Act-US flagged ships.
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Dec 12, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at today’s ship schedule, which includes an interesting mix of foreign flagged and Jones Act-US flagged ships.
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