The Ship Report: Boatlift: a heroic maritime response to 9/11
The Ship Report, Thursday, September 10, 2026Today we remember a tragic day in US history: September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentago...
10 Sep 9min
The Ship Report: The Pacific Collector missile tracking ship passes by today
The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 9, 2026The Pacific Collector, a US military missile defense tracking ship, will head outbound from Portland Wednesday around 9 am, passing Astoria around 3. She's...
9 Sep 8min
The Ship Report: T he 2026 Golden Globe solo race has begun
The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 8, 2026Sixteen sailboats left Les Sables D'Olonne, France, over the weekend to compete in a unique race called the Golden Globe.Participants sail solo in boats equi...
8 Sep 9min
The Ship Report: Current, physics and big outboards
The Ship Report, Thursday, September 3, 2026While I've talked about the need to understand and work with current on the river, it seems that some vessels go out there any old time and do well. Let's t...
3 Sep 8min
The Ship Report: As our first storm of the season arrives, it brings with it the potential for interruption to ship traffic
The Ship Report, Wednesday, September 2, 2026We're having our first fall storm of the season today, and that brings the potential for interruptions to ship traffic as sea heights increase. Even if tha...
2 Sep 8min
The Ship Report: Meteorological fall begins
The Ship Report, Tuesday, September 1, 2026It's September 1st, and that means the end of meteorological summer and the beginning of meteorological fall. A slightly different designation than standard ...
1 Sep 9min
The Ship Report: A look at research vessels
The Ship Report, Monday, August 31, 2026Another kind of ship we see fairly often here on the river is the research vessel. It's cargo is live people: scientists whose mission is the study the oceanogr...
1 Sep 8min
The Ship Report: A change in the weather as fall approaches
The Ship Report, Thursday, August 27, 2026We'll talk about a recent blog post from UW meteorologist Cliff Mass, talking about the cooling trend we are entering in our weather, as fall makes its presen...
28 Aug 9min
