Jul 08, 2022
Today we’ll talk about cold ironing. It’s an odd nautical term for something some ports offer to visisting ships: the ability to shut off their engines and plug into shore power at the dock.
Saves fuel, cuts pollution, while allowing life to proceed normally on board for the crew who call the ship their workplace and home away from home.
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Jul 8, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about cold ironing. It’s an odd nautical term for something some ports offer to visisting ships: the ability to shut off their engines and plug into shore power at the dock.
Saves fuel, cuts pollution, while allowing life to proceed normally on board for the crew who call the ship their workplace and home away from home.
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Jul 07, 2022
If you have occasion to see a vessel go by on the river, if you look carefully you can sometimes see its “dead wake,” a trail of glassy, disrupted water that can remain long after the boat or ship has passed by. It’s not the active bubbly wake immediately behind the vessel, but a calm signature in the water, like a visible trail that shows where it’s been.
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Jul 7, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
If you have occasion to see a vessel go by on the river, if you look carefully you can sometimes see its “dead wake,” a trail of glassy, disrupted water that can remain long after the boat or ship has passed by. It’s not the active bubbly wake immediately behind the vessel, but a calm signature in the water, like a visible trail that shows where it’s been.
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Jul 06, 2022
A fortunte warm water rescue of an overboard fishing boat captain in the warm waters off Florida is a cautionary tale to remind us that in terms of climate and survivability in the water after a mishap, the Pacific Northwest is not Florida.
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Jul 6, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A fortunte warm water rescue of an overboard fishing boat captain in the warm waters off Florida is a cautionary tale to remind us that in terms of climate and survivability in the water after a mishap, the Pacific Northwest is not Florida.
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Jul 05, 2022
I had occasion to stop and observe the Columbia River closely this weekend. What I noticed tells a lot about this powerful river and what we need to know about it. This knowledge is accessible to anyone who takes a moment to stop and look.
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Jul 5, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
I had occasion to stop and observe the Columbia River closely this weekend. What I noticed tells a lot about this powerful river and what we need to know about it. This knowledge is accessible to anyone who takes a moment to stop and look.
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Jul 01, 2022
Today we talk about a weather term that’s bandied about but I bet hardly anyone knows what it means: thermal trough. It’s influencing our weather this weekend. It has to do with heat and wind, and the natural inclination of our world to seek balance in all things.
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Jul 1, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about a weather term that’s bandied about but I bet hardly anyone knows what it means: thermal trough. It’s influencing our weather this weekend. It has to do with heat and wind, and the natural inclination of our world to seek balance in all things.
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Jun 29, 2022
A cruise ship that has visited Astoria before was cruising the waters off Hubbard Glacier in the southeast area of Alaska waters, an area common for cruises, and hit an iceberg.
It’s an odd story, but maybe no longer quite so odd. Experts have warned us for years now that melting northern ice will mean more free floating ice chunks and more potential danger for ships.
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Jun 29, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A cruise ship that has visited Astoria before was cruising the waters off Hubbard Glacier in the southeast area of Alaska waters, an area common for cruises, and hit an iceberg.
It’s an odd story, but maybe no longer quite so odd. Experts have warned us for years now that melting northern ice will mean more free floating ice chunks and more potential danger for ships.
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