The Ship Report

A look at where cargo goes after it reaches port Today we'll take a look at some common arriving cargoes on the Columbia, and what happens to them after they are unloaded from the ship that brought th...

22 Huhti 20248min

More about general average liability for cargo owners - potentially daunting... Today I'll revisit a concept I talked about on Monday's show... General Average - an ancient maritime principle that go...

19 Huhti 20247min

Port of Woodland to add terminal on the Columbia Continuing our discussion about changes in ports and cargo service on the Columbia, today we'll talk about the decision by the Port of Woodland to buii...

18 Huhti 20248min

Containers out of Astoria? Today we'll talk about a listener comment regarding the Port of Portland's decision to suspend container service this fall out of its Terminal 6 facilities. A person sugges...

17 Huhti 20248min

The Port of Portland announced end to container ship service at Terminal 6 The big maritime news locally this week is the announcement by the Port of Portland that they will end container ship service...

16 Huhti 20248min

The pricey maritime law of "general average" There's an ancient tenet of maritime law that is cropping up in reports about the catastrophe in Baltimore harbor with the containership Dali. It's called ...

15 Huhti 20248min

USCG rescue swimmer interview: epilogue The final episode in our series on the work of USCG rescue swimmers.

12 Huhti 20248min

Rescue swimmer interview continues This week we're hearing excerpts from an interview I did with a USCG rescue swimmer based at Air Station Astoria.

11 Huhti 20248min