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Who’s on the river today?
Jun 24, 2024Today we’ll take a look at today’s ship schedule, including a Canadian tug with an unusual destination.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062424.pdf
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The Panama Canal
Jun 21, 2024Today we have a ship arriving from France, which means she likely traveled through the Panama Canal. We’ll talk about that historic waterway, it’s problems with drought in recent years and how a coming La Nina climate trend might help alleviate that.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062124,pdf
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Buoys in the ‘hood
Jun 20, 2024Today I thought we’d talk about some of the most ever-present and often ignored (by people on land) things in our river neighborhood – and that’s navigational buoys. Vital for mariners, they sit in the water day and night doing their work, making the watery highway safe for travel.
Each buoy is unique, by color, numbers and sound, and they have lights so they can be seen at night. Mariners would have trouble getting along without them.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript062024.pdf
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Research vessel Atlantis visits Astoria
Jun 18, 2024There’s a very special ship at the Port of Astoria right now: the research vessel Atlantis is at the dock, taking a temporary break from her research work in the Pacific Ocean. Such vessels often stop into Astoria because we are conveniently near the ocean, to get supplies and change crews. The Atlantis is a famous ship, espeically known for the submersible Alvin which can carry scientists deep below the surface.
Today we’ll talk about her and the Alvin, and I’ll share my memories of being aboard her for a tour.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061824.pdf
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Interesting river anomalies
Jun 17, 2024Today we’ll take a look at a couple of interesting natural occurences on the river that can pose challenges for boaters: whitecaps and eddies. A look at our profound natural world in action, right at our watery doorstep.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061724.pdf
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Ship mystery solved: what was all that smoke?
Jun 14, 2024A listener contacted me and sent me a video to ask about huge quantity of smoke spewing from a passing container ship. The situation did indeed look rather dire, with lots of smoke billowing in the air.
Turns out this situation was not an emergency, but was instead white steam from the ship’s scrubbers. We’ll talk about what that means, why some, but not all, ships have scrubbers – and what they do to improve life for all of us.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061424.pdf
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Nehalem River canoeing death highlights an overlooked aspect of water safety
Jun 13, 2024The death of a canoist on the Nehalem River last week offers a good reason to talk about water safety in a different way. Most people think the water dangers here are on the coast: the beach with its sneaker waves and rip currents, the Columbia River Bar, and the river’s cold water and strong tides. But equally dangerous hazards await even in smaller waterways with seemingly calm conditions. All bodies of water demand respect and proper gear to stay safe.
The best protection against all of these hazards is life jackets – and it’s high time we decided they’re “cool” so people will wear them.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061324.pdf
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More on wildlife rehab: what’s the success rate when saving oil-soaked birds?
Jun 12, 2024Today we hear Part 2 of my interview with Ginger Nealon, wildlife rehabilitation coordinator for the Wildlife Center of the North Coast, based in Olney, Oregon. They’ve been helping oil-soaked birds that were injured in a recent oil spill. Today we’ll talk about how successful such efforts are, what you can do if you find an oil soaked bird, and how to contact and support the Center, which is a non-profit that is always in need of donations, and volunteers.
A reminder that the hotline to report an oil soaked bird in Oregon or Washington is 1-800-22BIRDS. If you’d like to reach the wildlife center of the north coast, they’re wildlife rescue hotline number is 503-338-0331.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061224.pdf
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A look at wildlife rehabilitation, as experts try to save birds from a coast oil spill, Part 1
Jun 11, 2024Today we’ll hear part one of a two-part interview with Ginger Nealon, wildife rehabilitation coordinator for the Wildlife Center of the North Coast. The center, in Olney, Oregon, helps injured wildlife recover, often from enounters with humans. Their latest patients are oil-soaked birds, injured in a recent oil spill that’s affected the coast locally here in Oregon and Washington. Today we’ll learn about why it can be challenging to save birds covered in oil, and what the process is like.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061124.pdf
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The Rose Festival Fleet departs Portland
Jun 10, 2024After a visit for tours on the Willamette River waterfront, as part of the annual Portland Rose Festival, the Rose Festival Fleet will be heading downriver today. Look for the USS Montgomery, the HMCS Yellowknife and HMCS Edmunton heading dowriver today, leaving between 9 and 10:30 am. It looks like the USS Montgomery will stop at the Port of Astoria, while the Canadian ships will head out to sea.
You can track their locations on vesselfinder.com and marinetraffic.com as they travel downriver. If you look for them on those apps, they will be listed as “US gov vessel,” or “CDN warship.”
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061024.pdf
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