The Ship Report

Cruise ship in town today, and a look at who else is on the riverToday, another repositioning cruise visits Astoria, as blue water cruise ships make their annual spring migration up the West Coast, to...

15 Maj 20258min

Farewell, Clint CarterToday we honor a local business owner, North Coast Blues musician, and well loved community member who was instrumental in organizing iconic music festivals on the Long Beach Pen...

14 Maj 20258min

Two unusual vessels on the river todayToday we'll see two unusual vessels on the river, the cable ship Global Sentinel and the Offshore Support Vessel HOS Black Watch. Neither one is a cargo ship. Ins...

14 Maj 20258min

An unusual cruise ship heads to Portland todayToday we'll see the Pride of American cruise ship arrive from Hawaii and head past Astoria (not stopping there) and head upriver to the shipyard in Portla...

9 Maj 20258min

What determines transit time on the river? Lots of factors, that include current, tides and displacement Today we'll talk a little about a somewhat mindboggling topic: what happens when a ship goes by...

8 Maj 20258min

With another big cruise ship in town, we look at what's next for Astoria this seasonWe have yet another huge, blue-water cruise ship in town, those behemoths that come in from out in the ocean to dock...

7 Maj 20258min

A look at who's on the river todayA look at ship traffic, with some diversions into the "whats" and "whys" of particular ships traveling on the river today.

6 Maj 20258min

Listener question about anchored ships and what it says about sudden public interest in shippingI got a listener question from someone this weekend who asked me why there were ships anchored in the ri...

5 Maj 20258min