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The wreck of the New Carissa
Feb 13, 2019A look at the history of a high profile Oregon shipwreck: The New Carissa.
(Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and the US Coast Guard.)
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Another PNW coal project cancels
Feb 06, 2019A coal terminal project slated for Vancouver, BC has canceled. What’s the future for coal?
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North is north – or is it?
Feb 05, 2019When we look at a compass, in our hands or in our cars, we kind of expect that it’s correct – that north is north. But scientists are currently documenting a rather large change in the location of magnetic north. Who knew north could move? Apparently it happens all the time.
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Fire!
Feb 04, 2019Today we’ll talk about one of the most frightening situations mariners can experience on board: fire!
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More about anchoring ships
Jan 28, 2019More from Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs, about why ships use the port anchor when they anchor here on the river.
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More help for Coast Guard families
Jan 24, 2019More ways to help Coast Guard families affected by the shutdown
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Captain Thron Riggs on Anchoring
Today on the Ship Report, a real treat: Columbia River Bar Pilot Capt. Thron Riggs answers a listener question about anchoring ships. Captain Riggs was instrumental in helping the Ship Report get off the ground as a radio show 16 years ago.
Many thanks to him for all the information over the years, and for all his help answering this complex question today: What anchor does a ship use when she comes into the Astoria Anchorage – port or starboard?
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Accidental search and rescue
Jan 23, 2019Today we’re talking about a recent Coast Guard request asking boatowners and other mariners to take care to secure their watercraft from going adrift in bad weather. Many accidental search and rescue missions have been launched because someone’s kayak, for example, went for a ride without them, blown by wind and rain.
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Photo credit: By Banes, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2052946
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USCG Polar Star icebreaker completes Antarctic annual mission
Jan 21, 2019The USCG icebreaker Polar Star accomplished her annual mission to Antarctica this week, breaking a channel through 21 ft thick sea ice to allow a supply ship to reach McMurdo Station at the bottom of the world.
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Possible stopgap funding for USCG personnel
Jan 16, 2019Lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation immediately to allow the USCG to get paychecks despite the government shutdown.
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