May 21, 2021
An iceberg larger than Rhode Island is now floating free in the waters off Antartica.
Photo credit: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Iceberg floating in Lago Argentino broken off from the Perito Moreno Glacier. Photographer: Illya Haykinson
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May 21, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
An iceberg larger than Rhode Island is now floating free in the waters off Antartica.
Photo credit: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Iceberg floating in Lago Argentino broken off from the Perito Moreno Glacier. Photographer: Illya Haykinson
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May 20, 2021
More than a year after the pandemic shut down countries around the world, about 200,00 merchant mariners remain trapped on cargo ships, some of them working for 20 months with out a break. Exhaustion and burnout are real dangers that translate into more accidents and increased risk of suicide.
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May 20, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
More than a year after the pandemic shut down countries around the world, about 200,00 merchant mariners remain trapped on cargo ships, some of them working for 20 months with out a break. Exhaustion and burnout are real dangers that translate into more accidents and increased risk of suicide.
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May 19, 2021
Today, the little known story of an amazing man, Robert Smalls. Smalls was a slave in South Carolina in the years leading up to the Civil War, but became a skilled mariner handling ships in Charleston Harbor for his “master.” He evntuallty used those skills to commandeer a ship and sail his family, and the families of other slaves, to freedom through a Confederate blockade. His life was filled with many “firsts.” He became a decorated war veteran, a member of the U.S. Congress, and eventually purchased the plantation where he had once been a slave and lived there until his death in 1915.
Photo credit: Photo of Robert Smalls from the U.S Library of Congress photo collection. Photo attributed to famed Civil War photographers Matthew Brady and Levin C. Handy.
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May 19, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today, the little known story of an amazing man, Robert Smalls. Smalls was a slave in South Carolina in the years leading up to the Civil War, but became a skilled mariner handling ships in Charleston Harbor for his “master.” He evntuallty used those skills to commandeer a ship and sail his family, and the families of other slaves, to freedom through a Confederate blockade. His life was filled with many “firsts.” He became a decorated war veteran, a member of the U.S. Congress, and eventually purchased the plantation where he had once been a slave and lived there until his death in 1915.
Photo credit: Photo of Robert Smalls from the U.S Library of Congress photo collection. Photo attributed to famed Civil War photographers Matthew Brady and Levin C. Handy.
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May 18, 2021
Today we’ll talk about inflation risks in the global economy, and how that might affect shipping here on the Columbia River.
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May 18, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about inflation risks in the global economy, and how that might affect shipping here on the Columbia River.
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May 17, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
The Jones Act is a U.S. law that says that cargo shipped between U.S. ports must be carried by U.S. flagged vessels, with U.S. crews, and that the vessels themselves must also be built in the U.S.
Recently, however, President Biden signed two waivers, to allow two oil companies to run foreign flag vessels to perform this function for a specific purpose. The waivers are temporary, meant to available tankers to haul fuel between Texas and New Jersey, to replace supplies halted when a major fuel pipeline was recently hacked and taken offline.
The unusual move was needed because foreign flag ships are in ready supply, while many U.S. flag tankers have been out of service during the pandemic.
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May 14, 2021
A structural break in a bridge across the Mississippi River has halted ship and barge traffic through that section of the river. The backup of more 200 barges in a short time frame shows how critical sound infrastructure can be, and how it can affect all modes of transportation.
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May 14, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
A structural break in a bridge across the Mississippi River has halted ship and barge traffic through that section of the river. The backup of more 200 barges in a short time frame shows how critical sound infrastructure can be, and how it can affect all modes of transportation.
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