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The Ship Report is a podcast about "All Things Maritime," by journalist Joanne Rideout, based in Astoria, Oregon, which features a look at ship traffic on the mighty Columbia River, marine weather and other maritime information. More at shipreport.net

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The Pacific Collector: another interesting military vessel on the river : The Ship Report Today we see the Pacific Collector arriving from Honolulu, after a doing her specialized work of tracking missile defense testing. She’s one of a host of US military ships we see on the river, along w...
14.07.2025 15:36 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Let's take a look at one ship : The Ship Report Let’s take a look at one ship on today’s schedule. It’s path traces a winding route from Russia through the Panama Canal to Portland, a journey of more than a month at sea.
09.07.2025 20:50 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Tuesday Ship Schedule

08.07.2025 01:51 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Monday Ship Schedule

07.07.2025 00:40 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Staying safe on a boat means: prepare before you go : The Ship Report Nothing says summer like the 4th of July, comin’ right up. If you’re looking forward to boating this weekend, perhaps even in the ocean, here’s a bit about how to give yourself the best opportunity to...
03.07.2025 16:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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An overview of current ship traffic : The Ship Report Today our ship schedule has just a few ships coming and going on the river. It’s a good time to talk about the commerce we often don’t see happening, that includes ships at anchor and ships already in...
01.07.2025 22:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday Ship Schedule

01.07.2025 22:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Tuesday Ship Schedule

30.06.2025 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Pacific Tracker: a specialized ship with a long and winding past : The Ship Report Today we will see the Pacific Tracker travel up the Columbia to Portland. She’s a military missile tracking ship that’s berthed at Swan Island’s shipyard. An interesting aspect of this ship is her pas...
30.06.2025 15:01 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A look at the Tongue Point Job Corps Seamanship Program : The Ship Report To end our week-long series of talks with Len Tumbarello, Maritime Program Program Coordinator for NW Oregon Works, today we’ll talk about his previous work running the Tongue Point Job Corps Seamansh...
27.06.2025 21:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Friday Ship Schedule

27.06.2025 03:07 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A look at a career in the Coast Guard : The Ship Report Today we continue my interview with Len Tumbarello, Maritime Program Coordinator for NW Oregon Works. We’ve been talking about maritime employment opportunities this week, but today we’ll talk about L...
26.06.2025 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Northwest Oregon Works Maritime Program, Part 3 : The Ship Report Today we continue hearing excerpts from my interview with Len Tumbarello, maritime program coordinator for Northwest Oregon Works. He’s working to improve employment opportunities in the local maritim...
25.06.2025 15:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Northwest Oregon Works Maritime Program, Part 2 : The Ship Report Today we continue my interview with Northwest Oregon Works Maritime Program Coordinator Len Tumbarello, about what kinds of maritime industry employment opportunities this new program could help gener...
24.06.2025 23:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday Ship Schedule

24.06.2025 23:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Tuesday Ship Schedule

24.06.2025 00:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Northwest Oregon Works Maritime Program : The Ship Report This week we’ll be talking with Len Tumbarello, Maritime Program Coordinator for NW Oregon Works. A Coast Guard veteran, Tumbarello also ran a seamanship education at the Tongue Point Job Corps Progra...
24.06.2025 00:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Don't get me started. 🤷‍♀️

03.06.2025 16:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A US Navy ship arrives for tours in Astoria, the Rose Festival Fleet, and dredge season on the river : The Ship Report An opportunity Saturday to tour a US Navy ship that arrives at the Port of Astoria today. Likely the first of next week’s Rose Festival Fleet of arriving ships, including the USCG tall ship Eagle. And...

Apparently this did not play on KMUN this morning. Apologies! Here's the podcast:

30.05.2025 17:04 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Maritime scholarship for students opens doors to education : The Ship Report Today we’ll talk about a scholarship being offered through the Portland Merchant Exchange. It’s an opportunity for students interested in a career in the maritime industry to get some funding assistan...
29.05.2025 18:46 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Should you sail to Hawaii like Oliver Widger? : The Ship Report It’s a wonderful story about a person escaping a soul-crushing rut, and making a bold decision to pursue a dream. Oregonian Oliver Widger sailed out of Warrenton last month (with his cat) and made it ...
28.05.2025 18:37 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tall ship accident shows the dangers of big rivers for vessels when something goes wrong : The Ship Report In the news this week is the accident in NY harbor, where a visiting tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge as the vessel was attempting to head out to sea. We’ll talk about the dangers of big rivers, and ...
19.05.2025 15:54 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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PNW Offshore Race 2025 : The Ship Report On Thursday morning, 19 sailboats set out from Ilwaco, Wash., out to sea across the Columbia River Bar. At an appointed time, they crossed the starting line and began a four-day race northward, 193 mi...
16.05.2025 16:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Local fishing boat sinks in Grays Harbor Bar tragedy : The Ship Report We lost a commercial fishing boat on Friday morning on the Grays Harbor Bar, and the captain of the boat remains missing and is presumed dead. Three of the four people on board were rescued by the US ...
12.05.2025 19:13 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What determines transit time on the river? Lots of factors, that include current, tides and displacement : The Ship Report Today we’ll talk a little about a somewhat mindboggling topic: what happens when a ship goes by… it’s connected to transit time, how long it takes a ship to get from one place to another. Massive ship...
09.05.2025 16:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Friday Ship Schedule

09.05.2025 15:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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An unusual cruise ship heads to Portland today : The Ship Report Today 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 Portland for maintenance. Arriving from Hawaii, she ...
09.05.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Thursday Ship Schedule

08.05.2025 02:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Columbia River Ship Traffic : The Ship Report Podcast about "All Things Maritime," based in Astoria, Oregon, where the Columbia River meets the vast Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday Ship Schedule

07.05.2025 01:13 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A look at who's on the river today : The Ship Report A look at ship traffic, with some diversions into the “whats” and “whys” of particular ships traveling on the river today.
06.05.2025 23:27 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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