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The Ship Report: Answers to listener questions

The Ship Report, Wednesday, July 1, 2026Today I'll answer a couple of listener questions about what it means when ship traffic numbers are low (hint: not much on a given day), and a question about car ships and why they never seem to look different whether they have loaded or unloaded cargo (the secret decoder phrase is: ballast water).

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