Today we’ll look at an unusual occurrence in Astoria: two cruise ships in town on the same day. One will anchor at the Port of Astoria. The other will anchor off the downtown waterfront and take passe

Today we take a look at a a business story about the fallout in a port on the East Coast that recently lost container service in a disaster. In Baltimore, we saw a container ship destroy a bridge, and

Today well take a close look at ships on the river and their cargoes.

Today well take a look at the ongoing story of a cabin cruiser that washed ashore on the beach on the Long Beach Peninsula. Its a story of a very lucky man and his dog, for sure but whats next fo

Today well take a look at some common arriving cargoes on the Columbia and what happens to them after they are unloaded from the ship that brought them here.

Today Ill revisit a concept I talked about on Mondays show.. General Average an ancient maritime principle that governs how losses in a ship disaster are shared between stakeholders. I was talking

Continuing our discussion about changes in ports and cargo service on the Columbia, today well talk about the decision by the Port of Woodland to buiild a marine terminal and being serving cargo ship

Today well talk about a listener comment regarding the Port of Portlands decision to suspend container service this fall out of its Terminal 6 facilities. A person suggested that containers be shipp

The big maritime news locally this week is the announcement by the Port of Portland that they will end container ship service to the Ports Terminal 6 as of October 1. The decision will mean the Colum

Theres an ancient tenet of maritime law that is cropping up in reports about the catastrophe in Baltimore harbor with the containership Dali. Its called general average, and it has to do with who