May 18, 2023
Cool ship alert: the USNS Mercy heads downriver this morning from the shipyard in Portland after a major upgrade that took months. She’s a US Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, and lots of other services on board.
Image courtesy: Jim Bedient, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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May 18, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Cool ship alert: the USNS Mercy heads downriver this morning from the shipyard in Portland after a major upgrade that took months. She’s a US Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, and lots of other services on board.
Image courtesy: Jim Bedient, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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May 17, 2023
There’s a ship anchored in an unusual place on the Columbia near Puget Island. Occasionally ships have problems that cause them to stop in places they normally would not. Luckily, we have an abundance of skilled mariners to solve problems and get things back to normal quickly.
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May 17, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
There’s a ship anchored in an unusual place on the Columbia near Puget Island. Occasionally ships have problems that cause them to stop in places they normally would not. Luckily, we have an abundance of skilled mariners to solve problems and get things back to normal quickly.
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May 16, 2023
Recruitment of their usual demographic in the Coast Guard is down: 18-year old high school grads are not choosing to sign up as much as they once did.
So the agency is making plans to open up recruitment to older people with work experience and education, and possibly part time opportunities as well.
It’s part of an effort to get the personnel they need for their mission, and also to diversify their workforce in a changing world.
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May 16, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Recruitment of their usual demographic in the Coast Guard is down: 18-year old high school grads are not choosing to sign up as much as they once did.
So the agency is making plans to open up recruitment to older people with work experience and education, and possibly part time opportunities as well.
It’s part of an effort to get the personnel they need for their mission, and also to diversify their workforce in a changing world.
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May 15, 2023
It was a weekend of rescues, missing kids, and a lost life at the beach. One more time, let’s talk about how the ocean is more powerful than any of us, and how it needs to be respected. And the ripple effect that beach tragegies have on the people involved, their rescuers and the personnel who conduct often fruitless recovery efforts. Not to mention anyone on the beach when a tradedy happens. The effect is profound and long lasting. And it’s so preventable.
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May 15, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
It was a weekend of rescues, missing kids, and a lost life at the beach. One more time, let’s talk about how the ocean is more powerful than any of us, and how it needs to be respected. And the ripple effect that beach tragegies have on the people involved, their rescuers and the personnel who conduct often fruitless recovery efforts. Not to mention anyone on the beach when a tradedy happens. The effect is profound and long lasting. And it’s so preventable.
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May 12, 2023
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the situation with the bulk carrier CL Lindy and her wind turbine blades being at the Port of Astoria for the past week. So I’ve looked over the questions and put together a Q&A show that I hope answers your questions.
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May 12, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the situation with the bulk carrier CL Lindy and her wind turbine blades being at the Port of Astoria for the past week. So I’ve looked over the questions and put together a Q&A show that I hope answers your questions.
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May 11, 2023
If current projections hold, the CL Lindy will be on her way upriver by noon today. The ship has been at the Port of Astoria since last week, preparing to transfer six wind turbine blades to a barge for transport upriver to Longview. The ship herself will head to Longview today as well, if all goes well.
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May 11, 2023 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
If current projections hold, the CL Lindy will be on her way upriver by noon today. The ship has been at the Port of Astoria since last week, preparing to transfer six wind turbine blades to a barge for transport upriver to Longview. The ship herself will head to Longview today as well, if all goes well.
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