A look at transit times – how long it takes to get from one place to another by ship
Today we’ll look at transit times, how long it takes a ship to go from one place to another at sea, and here on the river.
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The pilot boat Peacock, now a museum exhibit, was a real game changer for Columbia River commerce
This week marks 15 years since the pilot boat Peacock was lifted out of the Columbia River and placed on land, on the campus of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, where she welcomes people traveling past the museum on Marine Drive.
She’s now a retired icon of Columbia River shipping, but when she first arrived here in the late 1960s, the Peacock opened a new era in river commerce. That was thsnks to her unprecedented ability to handle channeling weather conditions that previous pilot boats here could not.
Today we’ll honor the Peacock and talk about her work with the Columbia River Bar Pilots.
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A look at who’s on the river today
We’ve got an abundant ship schedule today, so let’s see who’s on the river today, moving cargo, or waiting their turn.
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Listener question about marine pilots and how they board ships
i got an interesting listener question, about the way that marine pilot’s board a ship using a pilot ladder. The answer illustrates how dangerous the job is, and how much pilots must rely on their own expertise and judgement, moment to moment, to safely do their jobs.
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A blue water cruise ship heads downriver after a stint in Portland
Today we’ll talk about an interesting and unusual sight that happened on Sunday on the river: a big bluewater cruise ship was heading downriver and out to sea from Portland.
We’ll talk about why she was all the way upriver in Portland, since such ships generally stop in Astoria and go no further upriver except perhaps to anchor off the downtown waterfront while they are in town for the day.
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A look at our eccentric regional weather
Today we’ll take a look at this week’s storm, which brought stormy conditions some places around the region, but missed others.
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