A ship loader that transfers grain caught fire Wednesday along the Columbia River by the Port of Vancouver.At about 4:30 p.m.

Volunteers who greet cruise ship passengers on Astoria’s waterfront are accustomed to answering most questions posed by the ...

PAST COVERAGE: Concerns grow over 2 abandoned military ships that sank in the Columbia River Deputies discovered evidence of drug use inside the derelict boat. The sheriff's office reported that ...

In a field where female mariners worldwide make up just 2% of the industry, women are climbing the ranks of river cruising to ...

The NWS isn’t just relied on by the general public, but also by the Columbia River Bar Pilots, an organization responsible for helping navigate ships, cargo and crew through the treacherous ...

Vancouver business leaders fear a federal attempt to bolster American shipbuilding will blow back on them. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office proposed earlier this year placing fees of up to $1.5 ...

Crabbers aren’t the only ones. Capt. Dan Jordan is administrative pilot for the Columbia River Bar Pilots, which guides commercial ships in and out of the Columbia. “We move ships in rough ...

administrator of the Columbia River Bar Pilots. That’s the Astoria-based group charged with guiding ships, crews and cargoes safely across the bar. Shipments across the bar surged before tariffs ...

A crane resumed dredging on the Columbia River on Friday as it tried to clear a way to pull out a station wagon that is believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared nearly ...

Colorful rerun: "… Capt. John Couch (left) was the first ship’s master to sail past the (Columbia River) Bar and up to the Willamette River … almost to Oregon City, ...

The 1,243-mile-long river springs from Columbia Lake in southeastern British ... of dollars in hydropower each year and allowing ships carrying billions of dollars in goods to travel from the ...