Nov 29, 2021
Money talks in the business world, and in the recent global cargo snarl, some businesses are more equal than others. Take Amazon, whose massive resources make it possible for the company to hire its own container ships to bring just its cargo to market. Good news for Amazon customers, but small businesses must fend for themselves in a backed up shipping scenario that is affecting the globe.
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Nov 29, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
Money talks in the business world, and in the recent global cargo snarl, some businesses are more equal than others. Take Amazon, whose massive resources make it possible for the company to hire its own container ships to bring just its cargo to market. Good news for Amazon customers, but small businesses must fend for themselves in a backed up shipping scenario that is affecting the globe.
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Nov 26, 2021
A look at how the Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated (if indeed it is) on board ships at sea.
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Nov 26, 2021 | Ship Report Podcasts
A look at how the Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated (if indeed it is) on board ships at sea.
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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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