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Port of Seattle Update on the 2020 Cruise Season

Mon, Jul 06, 2020

While our current focus must be on public health, we look forward to the day when local and federal health authorities can declare it is safe and the cruise industry rebounds robustly in support of local jobs, area businesses...

A Mountain of Face Coverings Helps Protect our Region

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

COVID-19 has changed the world seemingly overnight and has impacted nearly every industry, but particularly the aviation industry. Even with the decline in passenger traffic this year, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SE...

Port Partners with Local Leaders to Save Youth Jobs

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

The Port of Seattle announced a partnership with five local non-profit organizations as part of its effort to save youth jobs for the summer and beyond.  The Port's Opportunity Initiative aims to provide summer jobs for 220 y...

Airport Travel is Different, Know What You Can Do to Prepare

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

The number of passengers are going up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) especially heading into the July 4th holiday weekend. For many travelers, this will be your first trip through the airport after several months. H...

Port Commits Additional $3 Million to Community Benefit Programs to Aid COVID-19 Recovery

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

Port of Seattle Commissioners this week approved new COVID-19 recovery measures by committing an additional $3 million to community benefit programs.    The additional $3 million commitment will go to short-term, recove...

Spend Like It Matters: Black-owned Businesses and Makers at SEA

Wed, Jun 24, 2020

Recent events in our local community and across the U.S. are spotlighting a checkered history of systemic racism that continues to impact our communities and essential institutions. The Port will continue to use our policy platfor...

Port Enacts Police Department Policy Changes, Announces Department Assessment

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

Port of Seattle Executive Director Steve Metruck announced today immediate changes to Port of Seattle Police Department protocols regarding hiring practices, commitment to diversity, and use of force. Executive Director Metruck al...

Barb Wilson Hired as Port of Seattle Commission Chief of Staff

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

Barb Wilson joins the Port of Seattle as the Chief of Staff for its five-member elected body, the Port of Seattle Commission. Wilson brings 25 years of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in Seattle. "We ar...

Support Black-owned Businesses

Mon, Jun 22, 2020

A portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth," Juneteenth celebrates emancipation an and the abolition of slavery. On June 19, 1865 — two months after the U.S. victory over the Confederacy, and two years since the Emancipation Proclama...

What Does Juneteenth Mean to Me? 

Fri, Jun 19, 2020

Delmas Whittaker, C.M., is the Maritime Division Senior Manager, Fishing and Commercial Vessels at the Port of Seattle. Delmas is a retired naval officer who served our country for 25 years in active duty. Now retired from the U.S...

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