May 01, 2024
Today is May Day, the first day of the month of May. We’ll talk about the day’s historical origins as a celebration. Then we’ll delve into its contemporary nautical meaning. The expression “mayday” has saved lives for over a century, when uttered over VHF radio as a distress signal to the Coast Guard.
Transcript of this show available here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript050124.pdf
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May 1, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today is May Day, the first day of the month of May. We’ll talk about the day’s historical origins as a celebration. Then we’ll delve into its contemporary nautical meaning. The expression “mayday” has saved lives for over a century, when uttered over VHF radio as a distress signal to the Coast Guard.
Transcript of this show available here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript050124.pdf
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Apr 30, 2024
Today’s show is about an unusual Coast Guard rescue in the waters off Tillamook, where they were able to rescue someone whose ship was further out to sea than would normally be possible for a USCG helicopter rescue. Crews adapted to add flying range to their aircraft, and provided ICU services in the helicopter for a critically ill patient.
Transcript of thos show avaliable here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript043024.pdf
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Apr 30, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today’s show is about an unusual Coast Guard rescue in the waters off Tillamook, where they were able to rescue someone whose ship was further out to sea than would normally be possible for a USCG helicopter rescue. Crews adapted to add flying range to their aircraft, and provided ICU services in the helicopter for a critically ill patient.
Transcript of thos show avaliable here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript043024.pdf
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Apr 29, 2024
Today we’ll take a quick look at another cruise ship due in Astoria today, and then we’ll talk about ways the maritime industry is working to reduce vessel pollution in port. This incudes the development of all-electric tugboats, a relatively new option in the world of commercial vessels.
Today’s Ship Report Episode Transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript042924.pdf
Link to Sea Change Radio story about Zero Emission Marine Vessels: https://beta.prx.org/stories/525366
Photo Credit: Foss hybrid tugboat Carolyn Dorothy, image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Apr 29, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll take a quick look at another cruise ship due in Astoria today, and then we’ll talk about ways the maritime industry is working to reduce vessel pollution in port. This incudes the development of all-electric tugboats, a relatively new option in the world of commercial vessels.
Today’s Ship Report Episode Transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript042924.pdf
Link to Sea Change Radio story about Zero Emission Marine Vessels: https://beta.prx.org/stories/525366
Photo Credit: Foss hybrid tugboat Carolyn Dorothy, image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Apr 26, 2024
Today we’ll look at an unusual occurrence in Astoria: two cruise ships in town on the same day. One will anchor at the Port of Astoria. The other will anchor off the downtown waterfront and take passengers to and from land in a small boat called a launch.
We’ll also talk about the spring and fall cruise ship calendar for blue water (ocean) cruises coming to Astoria.
Link to transcript: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript%20042624.pdf
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Apr 26, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll look at an unusual occurrence in Astoria: two cruise ships in town on the same day. One will anchor at the Port of Astoria. The other will anchor off the downtown waterfront and take passengers to and from land in a small boat called a launch.
We’ll also talk about the spring and fall cruise ship calendar for blue water (ocean) cruises coming to Astoria.
Link to transcript: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/Transcript%20042624.pdf
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Apr 25, 2024
Today we take a look at a a business story about the fallout in a port on the East Coast that recently lost container service in a disaster. In Baltimore, we saw a container ship destroy a bridge, and huge and awful consequences for that city and its people.
As that city recovers and efforts continue to clean up the debris, the loss of container service has hit small businesses there hard that used to receive inventory via container ships.
Something similar in terms of shipping, but thankfully minus the disaster, could happen in our region if the Port of Portland ends container service. We’ll take a look at the impacts on small businesses when container service abruptly ends.
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Apr 25, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we take a look at a a business story about the fallout in a port on the East Coast that recently lost container service in a disaster. In Baltimore, we saw a container ship destroy a bridge, and huge and awful consequences for that city and its people.
As that city recovers and efforts continue to clean up the debris, the loss of container service has hit small businesses there hard that used to receive inventory via container ships.
Something similar in terms of shipping, but thankfully minus the disaster, could happen in our region if the Port of Portland ends container service. We’ll take a look at the impacts on small businesses when container service abruptly ends.
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Apr 24, 2024
Today we’ll take a close look at ships on the river and their cargoes.
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Apr 24, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll take a close look at ships on the river and their cargoes.
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