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Clatsop Community College’s Maritime Program gains federal recognition
May 26, 2021Today we recognize a local community college for its commitment to maritime education. Clatsop Community College’s maritime program has been named a “center of excellence” by the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, for maritime work force training .
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Ocean cruise ships will return to US waters this summer
May 25, 2021It looks like ocean cruises will be back in July and August. We’ll take a look at how companies are making that happen in concert with the CDC, and how changes could affect Astoria’s cruise ship schedule.
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Ever Given case highlights huge costs in maritime industry
May 24, 2021As the containership Ever Given remains anchored in the Suez after being freed from grounding in the canal in March, the canal authority is seeking $916 million dollars in costs from the ship’s owner. This seems like a lot of money to us ordinary mortals, and it is. But in the maritime industry, costs can be huge. Today we take a look at what it costs to get a containership from one place to another.
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Satellites track largest iceberg in the world off Antarctica
May 21, 2021An iceberg larger than Rhode Island is now floating free in the waters off Antartica.
Photo credit: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons: Iceberg floating in Lago Argentino broken off from the Perito Moreno Glacier. Photographer: Illya Haykinson
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200,000 exhausted mariners still stuck at sea
May 20, 2021More than a year after the pandemic shut down countries around the world, about 200,00 merchant mariners remain trapped on cargo ships, some of them working for 20 months with out a break. Exhaustion and burnout are real dangers that translate into more accidents and increased risk of suicide.
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The amazing story of mariner Robert Smalls
May 19, 2021Today, the little known story of an amazing man, Robert Smalls. Smalls was a slave in South Carolina in the years leading up to the Civil War, but became a skilled mariner handling ships in Charleston Harbor for his “master.” He evntuallty used those skills to commandeer a ship and sail his family, and the families of other slaves, to freedom through a Confederate blockade. His life was filled with many “firsts.” He became a decorated war veteran, a member of the U.S. Congress, and eventually purchased the plantation where he had once been a slave and lived there until his death in 1915.
Photo credit: Photo of Robert Smalls from the U.S Library of Congress photo collection. Photo attributed to famed Civil War photographers Matthew Brady and Levin C. Handy.
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Global inflation risks and local effects on shipping
May 18, 2021Today we’ll talk about inflation risks in the global economy, and how that might affect shipping here on the Columbia River.
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Jones Act waivers help ease pipeline fuel shortages
The Jones Act is a U.S. law that says that cargo shipped between U.S. ports must be carried by U.S. flagged vessels, with U.S. crews, and that the vessels themselves must also be built in the U.S.
Recently, however, President Biden signed two waivers, to allow two oil companies to run foreign flag vessels to perform this function for a specific purpose. The waivers are temporary, meant to available tankers to haul fuel between Texas and New Jersey, to replace supplies halted when a major fuel pipeline was recently hacked and taken offline.
The unusual move was needed because foreign flag ships are in ready supply, while many U.S. flag tankers have been out of service during the pandemic.
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Mississippi River bridge crack shows infrastructure needs
May 14, 2021A structural break in a bridge across the Mississippi River has halted ship and barge traffic through that section of the river. The backup of more 200 barges in a short time frame shows how critical sound infrastructure can be, and how it can affect all modes of transportation.
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What is infrastructure and why is it so important?
May 13, 2021A look at a word that’s tossed around a lot in the news: “infrastructure.” What does it mean? And how does it relate to the fuel pipeline hacking nightmare unfolding in the eastern U.S.?
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