Oct 26, 2022
Today we commemorate the loss of the cargo ship Peter iredale, a pretty famous vessel around these parts. What’s left of her metal frame still sits on the beach at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond.
Even though it was now generations ago, the Iredale fell prey to some of the same conditions that still plague vessels traversing our waters offshore: fog, sudden wind changes, and currents and waves that tend to drive craft of all kinds up on the beach, where they’re destroyed by merciless surf.
Photo Credit: Many thanks to Long Beach Peninsula historian Frank Lehn for his photo of the wreck of the Peter Iredale.
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Oct 26, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we commemorate the loss of the cargo ship Peter iredale, a pretty famous vessel around these parts. What’s left of her metal frame still sits on the beach at Fort Stevens State Park in Hammond.
Even though it was now generations ago, the Iredale fell prey to some of the same conditions that still plague vessels traversing our waters offshore: fog, sudden wind changes, and currents and waves that tend to drive craft of all kinds up on the beach, where they’re destroyed by merciless surf.
Photo Credit: Many thanks to Long Beach Peninsula historian Frank Lehn for his photo of the wreck of the Peter Iredale.
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Oct 25, 2022
Drought on the MIssissippi is interrupting the shipping of goods and raw materials by water. This is a big deal. We too live by a large waterway that’s a highway for commerce. Today we’ll talk about what it means to have that water highway disrupted. The effects are far-reaching.
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Oct 25, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Drought on the MIssissippi is interrupting the shipping of goods and raw materials by water. This is a big deal. We too live by a large waterway that’s a highway for commerce. Today we’ll talk about what it means to have that water highway disrupted. The effects are far-reaching.
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Oct 24, 2022
A look at a rescue in the in the North Atlantic earlier this month, of a solo sailor on a yacht, rescued by a passing cargo ship. It’s a story of an essential element of ocean rescue: cargo ships who agree to divert from course to save people in vessels on the high seas, out of the range of area Coast Guard agencies.
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Oct 24, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
A look at a rescue in the in the North Atlantic earlier this month, of a solo sailor on a yacht, rescued by a passing cargo ship. It’s a story of an essential element of ocean rescue: cargo ships who agree to divert from course to save people in vessels on the high seas, out of the range of area Coast Guard agencies.
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Oct 21, 2022
Our fall weather pattern of stormy conditions has finally arrived, with the season’s first gale force winds predicted for this weekend. Here’s hoping the wind and rain help put out area wildfires and wash away the smoke in the air.
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Oct 21, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Our fall weather pattern of stormy conditions has finally arrived, with the season’s first gale force winds predicted for this weekend. Here’s hoping the wind and rain help put out area wildfires and wash away the smoke in the air.
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Oct 20, 2022
It happened pretty quietly, with not much press, but on Jan. 1, 2020, ships worldwide started using a much less polluting type of fuel, thanks to a new rule from the IMO, a UN agency that controls ship emissions, among other duties.
After almost two years,scientists are now seeing dramatic reductions in worldwide sulphur oxide emissions from merchant ships.
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Oct 20, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
It happened pretty quietly, with not much press, but on Jan. 1, 2020, ships worldwide started using a much less polluting type of fuel, thanks to a new rule from the IMO, a UN agency that controls ship emissions, among other duties.
After almost two years,scientists are now seeing dramatic reductions in worldwide sulphur oxide emissions from merchant ships.
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Oct 19, 2022
Today, a story about a new program in Puget Sound designed to help resident Orcas. Marine pilots will be asking ships to voluntarily slow down to cut underwater noise levels. Ship noise has been shown in studies to seriously interfere with Orcas’ ability to communicate and hunt. Experts hope the program will help the dwindling population of orcas start to thrive again.
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Oct 19, 2022 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today, a story about a new program in Puget Sound designed to help resident Orcas. Marine pilots will be asking ships to voluntarily slow down to cut underwater noise levels. Ship noise has been shown in studies to seriously interfere with Orcas’ ability to communicate and hunt. Experts hope the program will help the dwindling population of orcas start to thrive again.
Image of orcas is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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