The Ship Report

How old fashioned navigation methods can still save the day when modern aids can'tLast week, global internet service provider Starlink experienced a service outage for over two hours, causing difficul...

28 Jul 20258min

US carrier Matson says no to electric vehicles, citing lithium ion battery riskThe US ocean carrier Matson has decided to no longer ship electric vehicles, because of the increasing frequency of what ...

25 Jul 20258min

Who's on the river today?We've been talking about other things this week so far. Let's take a look today at our ship schedule.

24 Jul 20258min

We see them every day, but likely ignore this big influence in our lives: What causes tides?Today, as part of the answer to a listener question, I thought it would be good to take a look at why tides ...

23 Jul 20258min

Thank you, a bit about music, being brave and, oh - tidesToday's show is a bit of a mix: I wanted to thank the folks who came down to the Ten Fifteen Theater to hear my Ship Report talk and to hear Je...

21 Jul 20257min

The busy upriver ColumbiaWe see a lot of ships go by on the lower river near Astoria, but the river upstream past Longview is often busier, with a variety of vessel traffic all doing local work: tugs ...

18 Jul 20258min

A Ship Report talk in Astoria on Saturday, and some musicThis Saturday the 19th, at 10:30am, I'll be appearing at the 1015 Theater in Astoria, as part of their big Performathon fundraising event, whic...

17 Jul 20258min

The Pacific Collector: another interesting military vessel on the riverToday we see the Pacific Collector arriving from Honolulu, after a doing her specialized work of tracking missile defense testing...

14 Jul 20258min