Mar 18, 2021
Today we’ll talk a little about the tremendous and comprehensive presence of USCG personnel and training opportunities here in the Lower Columbia region.
Within a relatively small geographic area, the USCG offers motorlifeboat school, rescue swimmer school, buoy tender services and an air station, along witha formidable complement of rescue and law enforcement resources.
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Mar 18, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk a little about the tremendous and comprehensive presence of USCG personnel and training opportunities here in the Lower Columbia region.
Within a relatively small geographic area, the USCG offers motorlifeboat school, rescue swimmer school, buoy tender services and an air station, along witha formidable complement of rescue and law enforcement resources.
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Mar 17, 2021
In ports in the US and around the world, there are organizations who work to help make seafarers feel a little at home when they come to town. They’re called seafarer centers and they provide a place for mariners to get off their ship in port and take a break. One really nice one is located at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, right here on the Columbia.
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Mar 17, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
In ports in the US and around the world, there are organizations who work to help make seafarers feel a little at home when they come to town. They’re called seafarer centers and they provide a place for mariners to get off their ship in port and take a break. One really nice one is located at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, right here on the Columbia.
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Mar 16, 2021
Commercial vessels that spend long periods at sea have a kitchen on board called a galley, and a person or a crew of people who cook meals for the sailors on board. Today we take a look at a real help wanted ad for a ship’s cook, and talk about what it takes to make it in this challenging and (if done right) much-revered position on board.
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Mar 16, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Commercial vessels that spend long periods at sea have a kitchen on board called a galley, and a person or a crew of people who cook meals for the sailors on board. Today we take a look at a real help wanted ad for a ship’s cook, and talk about what it takes to make it in this challenging and (if done right) much-revered position on board.
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Mar 15, 2021
On ships worldwide, where mariners hail from many different countries, there is a standard “language” of shortcuts that are universally used to help sailors understand radio communications between people who may not share a common language. It’s called Seaspeak, and it’s based on English, the international language of aviation. Using these agreed-upon terms can avoid daingerous misunderstandings.
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Mar 15, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
On ships worldwide, where mariners hail from many different countries, there is a standard “language” of shortcuts that are universally used to help sailors understand radio communications between people who may not share a common language. It’s called Seaspeak, and it’s based on English, the international language of aviation. Using these agreed-upon terms can avoid daingerous misunderstandings.
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Mar 12, 2021
Today we note the 10 year anniversary this week of the earthquake in Japan in 2011 that caused a devastating tsunami there and sent small tsunami waves across the ocean as far as the Pacific Northwest. A decade later, Japan still struggles with a damaged nuclear reactor and plans to discharge still more radioactive water itno the sea.
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Mar 12, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today we note the 10 year anniversary this week of the earthquake in Japan in 2011 that caused a devastating tsunami there and sent small tsunami waves across the ocean as far as the Pacific Northwest. A decade later, Japan still struggles with a damaged nuclear reactor and plans to discharge still more radioactive water itno the sea.
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Mar 11, 2021
Today we talk about international efforts to reduce ship pollution. If the world’s shipping fleet were a country, they would be the 6th largest polluting nation in the world. We’ll talk about efforts to get that under control.
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Mar 11, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today we talk about international efforts to reduce ship pollution. If the world’s shipping fleet were a country, they would be the 6th largest polluting nation in the world. We’ll talk about efforts to get that under control.
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