The Ship Report

Offshore weather brings wind and rain A pretty big storm is missing us here on land, while creating difficult conditions for ships at sea.

28 Mar 20247min

Baltimore's bridge disaster The horrific scene in Baltimore harbor strikes fear into communities like ours, where we have a big river and big bridges with ships passing under them. Today we'll talk ...

27 Mar 20248min

Waves and storms We're getting some stormy weather this week again, and that's a good time to talk about why and how storms cause waves to get higher and more dangerous, and generally cause havoc at ...

26 Mar 20248min

Farewell, Fisher Poet Clem Starck Today we honor Oregon poet Clemens Starck, an award winning poet and author who was a regular performer at the annual Fisher Poet's Gathering in Astoria. Clem passed...

25 Mar 20248min

The USNS Mercy heads to Portland The US Navy hospital ship the USNS Mercy is slated to enter the Columbia River Friday morning. If she arrives according to the schedule, she could pass Astoria around...

22 Mar 20248min

Beautiful. mysterious river fog The other morning in Astoria, people were treated to a lovely natural event: the river and surrounding areas were shrouded in thick, velvety fog. Ships sounded their fo...

21 Mar 20248min

But wait, there's more! About dredging... There's so much to talk about when it comes to dredging the river... so here's more nuts and bolts of dredging as a follow up to Monday's program. We'll tal...

20 Mar 20248min

The present and future of ship emissions Sharp-eyed ship watchers concerned about pollution noticed a ship traveling in the river yesterday, emitting what looked like smoke from its stack. As it turns...

19 Mar 20248min