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River
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photo
credit: Joanne Rideout � 2005
On the way to
upriver ports like Portland, Vancouver,
Kalama and Longview, these vessels pass within arm's length of the
picturesque Victorian hillside town of Astoria, Oregon. Several days a
week on average, there's a ship from a distant land anchored off
downtown.
The
anchored vessel pictured above is a handy-size bulk carrier, waiting
for an open berth at a port upriver.
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We
celebrate these exotic visitors and the dedicated mariners who
command,
crew
and pilot them,
each
weekday morning during
NPR's
Morning Edition,
hosted
by journalist
Joanne Rideout.
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Sea
Fever
I must go
down
to the seas again,
to the lonely sea
and the sky.
And all I ask
is a tall ship
and a star
to steer her by...
- John Masefield.
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Columbia
River Ship Report
Daily
Ship Schedule
Posted
Weekday Mornings
(Schedules Approximate and Subject to Change)
INBOUND
- POSIDANA
– RUSSIA TO PORTLAND – STEEL (AST ETA~5:45AM)
- GREEN
COVE – TACOMA TO VANCOUVER – SUBARUS (AST ETA~10:45AM)
- MULBERRY
PARIS – OFFSHORE TO ASTORIA ANCHORAGE (AST ETA~11:15AM)
ASTORIA
- BONANZA
– ASTORIA ANCHORAGE TO KALAMA – CORN OR SOY (DEP~AFT OR EVE)
- PRABHU
GOPAL – ASTORIA ANCHORAGE AWAITING ORDERS
OUTBOUND
- BIANCO
BULKER – DEP VANVCOUVER – WHEAT (AST ETA~10AM)
- STAR
ISMENE – DEP VANCOUVER – SODA ASH (AST ETA~10AM)
- PEPITO
– DEP KALAMA – CORN OR SOY (AST ETA~6PM)
- TRANSGIANT
– DEP KALAMA – CORN OR SOY (AST ETA~4:45PM)
- COLORADO
VOYAGER – DEP PORTLAND – PETROLEUM (AST ETA~8:15PM)
- BUJIN
– DEP PORTLAND – TOYOTAS (AST ETA~2AM SAT)
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Approximate
Vessel Travel Times:
(Times vary according to tidal conditions, current, weather,
and individual vessel horsepower)
- Portland/Vancouver -Astoria: 6-6.5 hours
- Kalama
-Astoria: 4.5 hours
- Longview
-Astoria: 3.75 hours
- Columbia
River Bar - Astoria: 1.75 hours
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Your Nautical
Question to
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Ship Report!
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Email: ships@shipreport.net
or via regular mail:
The Ship Report
P.O. Box 1163
Astoria, OR 97103
Tide
notes:
- Tide times
are often listed in 24 hour time - for times after noon,
subtract 1200
from the time to get regular clock time. Ex: 1300 hrs - 1200 = 1:00 pm)
- Also, tides
are referenced to Mean
Lower Low Water, a
reference point for depth on many nautical charts. MLLW is the average
of the
lower of the two low tides in a day, over a 19-year cycle. Minus tides are
lower than MLLW.
- If
you're right on the
coast, subtract an hour from these times. Upriver, highs and lows
happen later.
For instance, in Knappa, add an hour. In Clatskanie, add 2 hours and 15
minutes.
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River
Facts and Other Tidbits:
Ship
Horn Signals
Commonly Heard off
Astoria:
- Five consecutive
horn blasts: warning signal
that means literally "I do not know your intention." This generally
means another vessel is in the way of a ship in the channel, and is being asked to move before they
collide.
- One
long blast followed by three short: signal
for the change of pilots. Soon after this signal, you'll see the pilot
launch Arrow II head out
to a passing ship, to facilitate the transfer of bar and river pilots.
- Note:
"Pilot transfer" is when a pilot disembarks or boards a ship. Ships
generally must by law have a river or
bar pilot on board when they are on the Columbia or Willamette Rivers.
The bar and river pilots have separate pilotage grounds defined by the
Oregon Legislature.
photo
credit: Joanne Rideout � 2007
Tugs help turn a
bulk carrier around in the Columbia River at Longview. Notice the
rectagular gantry cranes just in front of the ship's bridge. They're
used to load and unload cargo.
Join us Monday through
Friday Mornings
-- at 11
Minutes before 9:00 --
for the
Columbia
River Ship Report
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Washington.
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2005
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River
Ship Report
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- The Year of
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photo credit: Joanne Rideout � 2004
Thousands
of ships annually
from ports around the globe make the 100-mile journey up the Columbia
River, the magnificent waterway that marks the border between
Washington and Oregon, in the U.S.
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