Nov 24, 2021
We’ve talked on the Ship Report about the Polar Star, a heavy US icebreaker that each year charts a path through the ice to Antarctica so ships can get through with supplies to McMurdo Station at the South Pole. But there’s another US icebreaker, the Healy, who tends to roam Arctic waters. Today, a look at the Healy and what’s she’s up to.
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Nov 24, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve talked on the Ship Report about the Polar Star, a heavy US icebreaker that each year charts a path through the ice to Antarctica so ships can get through with supplies to McMurdo Station at the South Pole. But there’s another US icebreaker, the Healy, who tends to roam Arctic waters. Today, a look at the Healy and what’s she’s up to.
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Nov 23, 2021
Thanks to robust crab meat in sampled crabs, the 2021-2022 Dungeness crab season will start on time this year on Dec. 1, something that hasn’t happened in about six years.
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Nov 23, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Thanks to robust crab meat in sampled crabs, the 2021-2022 Dungeness crab season will start on time this year on Dec. 1, something that hasn’t happened in about six years.
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Nov 22, 2021
We’ve all had just about enough bad news for a lifetime since the pandemic started. So here’s a story to warm your soul: the true story about how some sailors in the Artic saved the lives of beluga whales trapped in the ice. Slight spoiler: it involves music and lots of icebreaking.
Photo credit: Creative Commons, photograher Patrick Kelley.
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Nov 22, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
We’ve all had just about enough bad news for a lifetime since the pandemic started. So here’s a story to warm your soul: the true story about how some sailors in the Artic saved the lives of beluga whales trapped in the ice. Slight spoiler: it involves music and lots of icebreaking.
Photo credit: Creative Commons, photograher Patrick Kelley.
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Nov 19, 2021
The humble shipping container has remained relatively unchanged in basic design since it was first invented in the 1950s. Now a relatively new take on containers could become more popular. The collapsible container – a more flexible version of the original could take up less space on board and help unsnarl the world’s cargo issues in the pandemic.
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Nov 19, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
The humble shipping container has remained relatively unchanged in basic design since it was first invented in the 1950s. Now a relatively new take on containers could become more popular. The collapsible container – a more flexible version of the original could take up less space on board and help unsnarl the world’s cargo issues in the pandemic.
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Nov 18, 2021
The Port of Vancouver, Wash., has been doing steady business during the pandemic, even though it’s not a container port. Part of the reason is the importing of wind energy equipment for wind farms inland. The port is uniquely equipped to import the huge components, and that’s made it a prime destination for such equipment on the West Coast.
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Nov 18, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
The Port of Vancouver, Wash., has been doing steady business during the pandemic, even though it’s not a container port. Part of the reason is the importing of wind energy equipment for wind farms inland. The port is uniquely equipped to import the huge components, and that’s made it a prime destination for such equipment on the West Coast.
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Nov 17, 2021
Locals here in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington held their collective breath as a huge atmospheric river weather event slid by our area and barreled into British Columbia to the north. Even we got lots of rain here. But the storm left B.C. communities swamped and residents stranded.
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Nov 17, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Locals here in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington held their collective breath as a huge atmospheric river weather event slid by our area and barreled into British Columbia to the north. Even we got lots of rain here. But the storm left B.C. communities swamped and residents stranded.
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