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From the Ship Report Archives: a look at car ships, Part 4
This week I’m taking a break from the show and sharing a great interview with now retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson.
He shares fascinating details about a type of ship that we often see on the Columbia.
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From the Ship Report Archives: a look at car ships, Part 3
This week I’m taking a break from the show and sharing a great interview with now retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson.
He shares fascinating details about a type of ship that we often see on the Columbia.
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From the Ship Report Archives: a look at car ships, Part 2
This week I’m taking a break from the show and sharing a great interview with now retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson.
He shares fascinating details about a type of ship that we often see on the Columbia.
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From the Ship Report Archives: a look at car ships
This week I’m taking a break from the show and sharing a great interview with now retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson.
He shares fascinating details about a type of ship that we often see on the Columbia.
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The Beaufort Wind Scale
Around this time of year, as fall winds make their presence known with the change of the seasons, it’s a good time to talk about one of my favorite subjects: the Beaufort Wind Scale.
It dates back to the 1800s but is still used today. You can use it to tell how hard the wind is blowing by looking at the effects on the environment around you, on land or sea.
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Fall is in the air
A look at marine weather today, and about how the distinct feeling of fall is in the air – a sign that some of our loveliest days of the year are still to come.
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More about cargo
Today we have a whole new set of ships with different cargoes on board, so another chance to talk in more depth about what they are carrying.
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Who’s on the river today and what cargoes are they carrying?
Today we’ll look at today’s ship schedule with a twist: a look at the cargoes these ships are handling here. What they are, where they come from and how they fit into the chain of commerce on the mighty Columbia River.
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Who’s on the river today?
A look at what ships are traveling on the river today, and a bit about ballast water, an important factor in ship transits.
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A gem from the Ship Report archives: Interview with a rescue swimmer
There are heroes among us – and we usually don’t see them. USCG rescue swimmers go out in terrible conditions at sea to save lives, as part of highly trained rescue helicopter crews.
Today, from the Ship Report Archives, we’ll hear an excerpt from a 2009 interview with a rescue swimmer at Air Station Astoria.
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