Dec 12, 2019
It’s that time of year again, where the weather goes to hell in a handbasket on the coast. Not as bad as it can be, but winter weather is here. Just another fall and winter day in the Pacific Northwest. We’ll talk about what that means for mariners.
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Dec 12, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
It’s that time of year again, where the weather goes to hell in a handbasket on the coast. Not as bad as it can be, but winter weather is here. Just another fall and winter day in the Pacific Northwest. We’ll talk about what that means for mariners.
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Dec 11, 2019
They call them “helos” in the maritime industry, short for the helicopters that pilots here rely on to get them safely to and from ships outside the river’s mouth. On the helo is a highly trained military pilot, and an equally skilled winch operator. They are the indispensable crew behind every pilot helicopter boarding and disembarking.
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Dec 11, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
They call them “helos” in the maritime industry, short for the helicopters that pilots here rely on to get them safely to and from ships outside the river’s mouth. On the helo is a highly trained military pilot, and an equally skilled winch operator. They are the indispensable crew behind every pilot helicopter boarding and disembarking.
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Dec 10, 2019
Out on the ocean, out of sight of land, works an intrepid crew of professionals – the bar pilot support personnel who labor on the high speed pilot boats. They take pilots out across the river bar to meet ships and bringing them safely home again after they’ve escorted ships across the bar. These folks are expert foul weather boat handlers and pilots rely on them for their safety and successful completion of their mission as pilots.
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Dec 10, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
Out on the ocean, out of sight of land, works an intrepid crew of professionals – the bar pilot support personnel who labor on the high speed pilot boats. They take pilots out across the river bar to meet ships and bringing them safely home again after they’ve escorted ships across the bar. These folks are expert foul weather boat handlers and pilots rely on them for their safety and successful completion of their mission as pilots.
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Dec 09, 2019
The pilot boat Peacock is on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. You can see her decorated with holiday lights when you drive by. Of all the amazing vessels we have here on the lower Columbia, this one stands out as a true game changer. When she came to live on the river, commerce as we know it was transformed. She made it possible for many ships to come into the river in rough weather, because she was such a capable craft.
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Dec 9, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
The pilot boat Peacock is on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon. You can see her decorated with holiday lights when you drive by. Of all the amazing vessels we have here on the lower Columbia, this one stands out as a true game changer. When she came to live on the river, commerce as we know it was transformed. She made it possible for many ships to come into the river in rough weather, because she was such a capable craft.
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Dec 06, 2019
The log trade to China was the Port of Astoria’s biggest revenue generator. Now, with the tariff was between China and the US in full swing, Chinese vendors are passing on expensive US logs, and the port has lost a big customer.
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Dec 6, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
The log trade to China was the Port of Astoria’s biggest revenue generator. Now, with the tariff was between China and the US in full swing, Chinese vendors are passing on expensive US logs, and the port has lost a big customer.
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Dec 05, 2019
Last month we talked about IMO 2020, in an extended interview with Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson. Now as the deadline nears, it seems that not all shippers are ready to move ahead with the new, low sulphur fuel that will be mandatory on all ships worldwide come Jan. 1.
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Dec 5, 2019 | Ship Report Podcasts
Last month we talked about IMO 2020, in an extended interview with Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson. Now as the deadline nears, it seems that not all shippers are ready to move ahead with the new, low sulphur fuel that will be mandatory on all ships worldwide come Jan. 1.
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