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The Ship Report: Widger update - a look at the team who is helping him fulfill his dream

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The Ship Report: Our weather shows signs of more fall "seesawing," with more rain on the way

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The Ship Report: A look at this year's "Super" El Nino and its opposite sibling, La Nina

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The Ship Report: A look at this week's weather and today's ships

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The Ship Report: A look at weather and ship traffic

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The Ship Report: "Heavy weather season is upon us" - a cautionary note from the PNW US Coast Guard

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The Ship Report: Update on USNS Mercy, ships today, and Oliver fixes a leak

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The Ship Report: Why do we care about Oliver Widger?

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The Ship Report: Oliver Widger sets off to sail the world - alone, unassisted, without stopping

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The Ship Report: A look at gantry cranes and other interesting gear on our anchored ships

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The Ship Report: Racing around the world, Part 6 - injuries are always a risk at sea

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The Ship Report: Racing Around the World, Part 5: the terrifying experience of sailing in hurricane force winds

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The Ship Report: Racing around the world with Heidi Brown, Part 4

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The Ship Report: Sailing around the world with Heidi Brown, Part 3

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The Ship Report: Sailing around the world - a chat with Heidi Brown, Part 2

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The Ship Report: Racing around the world - a chat with Heidi Brown, Part 1

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The Ship Report: A listener question about dew point

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The Ship Report: More ships! Let's talk about them

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The Ship Report: A busy day on the river - let's look at who's coming and going!

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The Ship Report: The Ship Report's roots in community radio: KMUN in Astoria

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The Ship Report: Boatlift: a heroic maritime response to 9/11

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The Ship Report: The Pacific Collector missile tracking ship passes by today

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The Ship Report: T he 2026 Golden Globe solo race has begun

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The Ship Report: Current, physics and big outboards

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The Ship Report: As our first storm of the season arrives, it brings with it the potential for interruption to ship traffic

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The Ship Report: Meteorological fall begins

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The Ship Report: A look at research vessels

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The Ship Report: A change in the weather as fall approaches

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The Ship Report: the lights you see at night, Part 2

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The Ship Report: The lights you see at night on ships - they hold great meaning, especially for other vessels

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The Ship Report: Understanding marine weather forecasts: significant wave height

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The Ship Report: Some seasonal and navigational astronomy as the days get shorter

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The Ship Report: Unusual cruise comes to Astoria

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The Ship Report: A look at today's ships, and a bit about our two Vancouvers

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The Ship Report: Answering the question: So what's the big deal about the Columbia River Bar? It looks pretty calm to me...

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The Ship Report: More on tides and our daily lives

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The Ship Report: A look at why lines "part" and why it's so dangerous

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The Ship Report: The Rule of 12ths, a way to gauge tidal dangers on the Columbia

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The Ship Report: A look at today's ship schedule and tides in the river

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The Ship Report: The busy inland Columbia River

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The Ship Report: Listener question about pilot boats and ships

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The Ship Report: Smoky wildfire haze makes its way to the coast

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The Ship Report: Buoy 10 fishing is in full swing on the lower Columbia

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The Ship Report: Buoy 10 fishery opens this weekend

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The Ship Report: A look at today's ship schedule

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The Ship Report: The icebreaker USCGC Healy has mechanical issues during sea trials

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The Ship Report: answering a listener question about maritime pilots

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The Ship Report: From the Ship Report archives: an in-depth look at Bulk Carriers, Part 4

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The Ship Report: From the Ship Report archives: an in-depth look at Bulk Carriers, Part 3

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The Ship Report: From the Ship Report archives: an in-depth look at Bulk Carriers, Part 2

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The Ship Report: A look in the archives, all about Bulk Carriers, Part 1

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The Ship Report: Why the Columbia River Bar is so dangerous, even in modern times

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The Ship Report: Historic fireboat comes to Astoria museum

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The Ship Report: the mindboggling topic of economy of scale

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The Ship Report: A look at the weather and today's schedule

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The Ship Report: More details about ships

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The Ship Report: How noticing the natural world around us makes us safer on the river and ocean beach

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The Ship Report: How ships load and unload cargo

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The Ship Report: a close look at the interesting detail in today's ships

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The Ship Report: Happy Birthday, Captain Deb Dempsey, master mariner

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The Ship Report: Answers to listener questions

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The Ship Report: The USCGC Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker, leaves Portland today

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The Ship Report: The National Weather Service website was down on Sunday

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The Ship Report: why do most ships use the port anchor in the river off Astoria?

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The Ship Report: Why do anchored ships sometimes look so disorganized?

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The Ship Report: How an anchor chain acts like a spring

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The Ship Report: Ocean Sensor update, and a look at wind and tide

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The Ship Report: A look at how ships are scheduled and spaced as they transit the river

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The Ship Report: a follow up about ocean sensors, and a listener question about fraud

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The Ship Report: Local drowning deaths highlight dangers in ordinary things

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The Ship Report: Ocean sensors slated for removal this week off Newport and Grays Harbor

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The Ship Report: Warm weather coming, but cold water remains

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The Ship Report: Cruise ship aids injured mariner through the AMVER rescue system

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The Ship Report: It's a Pacific Northwest kind of week: rain, ships and fog horns

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The Ship Report: Rose Festival Finale as ships depart Portland

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The Ship Report, Fleet Week Thursday

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The Ship Report: Fleet Week Wednesday

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The Ship Report: Rose Festival Fleet Week Tuesday

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The Ship Report: Rose Festival Fleet week Monday

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The Ship Report: a look at patterns in our ships and ports

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The Ship Report: Astoria honors lost mariners on Memorial Day

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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The Ship Report, Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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The Ship Report, Monday, May 18, 2026

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The Ship Report, Thursday, May 14, 2026

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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The Ship Report, Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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The Ship Report, Monday, May 11, 2026

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The Ship Report, Thursday, May 7, 2026

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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The Ship Report, Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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The Ship Report, Monday, May 4, 2026

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The Ship Report, Thursday, April 30, 2026

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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The Ship Report, Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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The Ship Report, Monday, April 27, 2026

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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The Ship Report, Monday, April 20, 2026

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The Ship Report, Thursday, April 16, 2026

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The Ship Report, Wednesday, April 15, 2026