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Golden Globe solo racer in trouble in the south Atlantic
Apr 10, 2023Yesterday a dire situation arose in the south Atlantic Ocean for one of the Golden Globe solo round the world sailing race participants. He was overtaken by a huge storm 1200 miles off the coast of Argentina. Battling steep seas and 100 mph gusts, his boat rolled and was dismasted. Now he’s injured and trying to keep the boat afloat until a nearby UK fisheries vessel can get to him from 300 miles away. Today we’ll talk about what can happen when you are alone in a terrible storm at sea.
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How ship size is measured, and it’s probably not what you think
Today we’ll clarify whether the MSC Katie was the biggest container ship ever to come into the Columbia River or the biggest ship, period. The answer isn’t always intuitive when it comes to ship measurement. Sometimes it depends on something called “gross tonnage.” We’ll talk about how the maritime industry assesses ship size.
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A look at our ship schedule (it’s not all about the MSC Katie)
Apr 07, 2023Even though this week seems sto have been all about the MSC Katie, the largest container ship ever to transit the river, there were other ships coming and going on the river, part of the ongoing chain of commerce we rely on. We’ll see who’s on the river today,and also check in to see what’s next for the MSC Katie, when she’ll leave her berth at the Port of Portland and head out to sea.
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MSC Katie followup: answering some listener questions
Apr 06, 2023That big ship, the MSC Katie, is now at the Port of Portland unloading containers. Today, answers to some listener questions about the largest containership to ever visit the river.
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The MSC Katie: the latest, biggest containership ever to transit the river
Apr 05, 2023Today, a new recordholder on the river: the MSC Katie now becomes the largest containership every to transit the Columbia.
We’ll talk about what criteria make a ship biggest, how containerships are tending to get larger all the time, and how the Katie compares to other large containerhips we’ve seen recently on the river.
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The secret life of tugs and barges
Apr 04, 2023Lots of bustling commerce happens on the river here that many of us don’t see. We can thank two amazing workhorses of the maritime world: the tug and barge.
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Terrible Tilly gets new life
Apr 03, 2023Today we take a look at Terrible Tilly, the former site of a lighthouse on a rock in the Pacific Ocean off Ecola State Park. The old lighthouse site is getting new life as the current owner attempts to refurbish the weather-beaten structure. The rock has been taken over for years by sea lions, seals and sea birds, and is still just about as hard to get to as she always was. We’ll talk about how Tilly came to be, a bit about her history, and what her future might hold.
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Some poetry to start your weekend, and more ship details
Mar 31, 2023Today we take a closer look at a couple of arriving ships, and we’ll also hear a poem written by Irish poet David Whyte, who lives in the Pacific Northwest.
The poem is titled, “Light Over Water,” and it’s about what I like to call the “beautiful ordinary,” those lovely things that happen right under our noses, things we often miss.
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Are all ships in the river required to have pilots on board?
Mar 30, 2023Today we’ll talk about the rules about when a pilot is required to be aboard a ship in the river, and why most do, whether they are required to or not.
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Rules of the road on the water
Mar 29, 2023Just like there are rules of how we behave on the road in our cars, there are rules about how to behave when you are in a boat. Today we talk about how to handle if it you meet another vessel when you are traveling on the water.
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