PRX - Pieces for Tagging: shipping
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Historically high water levels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are presenting the shipping industry with both challenges and opportunitie...
Bought by WLPR , WMUK, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, North Country Public Radio and more
- Added: Jul 03, 2017
- Length: 01:10
- Purchases: 8
In the 200 years since ground was broken on the Erie Canal, it has evolved from means of transportation and mode of industrial shipping -- to a pla...
Bought by WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 5
Since the winter has been so mild, shipping locally has continued throughout the region.
Bought by North Country Public Radio, WMUK, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO
- Added: Mar 17, 2017
- Length: 01:05
- Purchases: 5
During the 10-week break between shipping seasons, ships undergo repairs and crews are laid off from their work.
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO
- Added: Jan 18, 2017
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 4
The Welland Canal closed in December and the Soo Locks will close January 15, which marks the end of shipping season for most vessels on the Great ...
Bought by North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: :49
- Purchases: 4
Frank Kostrencich has been working the night shift as a crane operator at the Port of Los Angeles for the past 26 years. Using his precision and ex...
- Added: Mar 04, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Dheeraj Singh is the first officer on a container ship that makes regular runs from China, to California, to Japan, and back again.
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 08:51
The "silk road" of Marco Polo's 13th century journey to the East is being revived, as is its ocean parallel, the "maritime silk road" which is fast...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 05:11
