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IMO 2020 – Part 5 – Will there be enough new fuel to go around?
Nov 18, 2019Today we continue talking with retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson about IMO 2020, new international air pollution regulations for ships that will take effect January 1st.
Today we’ll talk about whether will be is enough of that new fuel to go around come New Year’s Day, and why some countries will not allow retrofitted ships with scrubbers into their ports.
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IMO 2020- Part 4 – Under new pollution rules ships will burn cleaner fuel
Nov 15, 2019In Part 3 of our series on the new international air pollution regulations – IMO 2020 – that will start Jan. 1, retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Robert Johnson talks about enforcement (turns out polluting fuel has a signature), the kinds of new fuel ships will carry, and how older ships will retrofit to create less pollution.
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IMO 2020 – Part 3 on ship air pollution and new regs
Nov 14, 2019Today we talk about health risks worldwide caused by ship air pollution, and how new regulations will drastically cut deaths from lunch cancer, and illnesses such as asthma. Capt. Robert Johnson talks about harmful ship emissions. He’s a retired Columbia River Bar Pilot, ships captain, and master mariner.
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IMO 2020 – Part 2
Nov 13, 2019The second segment in our series on IMO 2020, new rules that will kick in on January 1, which will enact sweeping changes to the fuel ships use. We hear from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson, a master mariner who spent his career on ships as a captain and later a marine pilot.
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IMO 2020 – Part 1 – big changes coming to ship air pollution rules
Nov 12, 2019Today we hear Part 1 in a series on IMO 2020, which refers to the new rules set to take effect on January 1, that will mandate steep cuts in ship emissions. We’ll hear from retired Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Robert Johnson about why ship air pollution is a problem, what new rules will mean for the shipping industry, and how it will affect people on land.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Nov 11, 2019Forty- four years ago this month, the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a horrific storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10. Her crew of 29 men perished just 15 miles from shore. These lost mariners were locals, and everyone knew their ship, the Mighty Fitz, as she was called. The echoes of their families’ grief still resonate along the shores of the Great Lakes every year around this time, when memorials are held for the crew, and for all the sailors who have perished on these perilous inland seas.
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Anchorages: what are ships doing out there?
Nov 08, 2019Along the Columbia, and in waterways all around the world, there are anchorage areas where ships can safely stop and wait. Today we’ll talk about what goes on aboard an anchored ship, when the usual operation and traveling is not happening.
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The Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and Screaming Sixties…
Nov 07, 2019No, this report isn’t about getting older, it’s all about latitude, and why fast and dangerous winds have drawn sailors to the bottom of the world for centuries.
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Container ship service to Portland?
Nov 06, 2019Today we’ll hear a maritime news story about issues with container ship service to the Port of Portland. We used to see lots of container ships on the Columbia River a few years ago. Why not now? Turns out shore side issues have made it difficult.
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Fog signals
Nov 05, 2019It’s a foggy morning on the Columbia, and a good time to review fog signals, and the rules of the road on the water. Vessels must make sounds at prescribed intervals in fog to let others know they’re there.
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