Mon, Apr 25, 2022
By Tosca Pinder, President, Seattle Propeller Club While the Port of Seattle and The Northwest Seaport Alliance have been successfully implementing an ambitious and comprehensive clean air strategy, our region's maritime busine...
Thu, Mar 22, 2018
A recent report compiled by the Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum, a committee of seven ports, six government agencies, and three industrial partners, shows maritime-related air pollutant emissions decreased in nearly every sector be...
Tue, Dec 10, 2019
Around the holidays, your head's buzzing with to-dos. As you head through security, you realize that you forgot stocking stuffers for the family gift exchange. Although a lump of coal is inexpensive, just don't. We h...
Tue, Dec 08, 2020
Editor's note: On December 31, 2020 Qatar Airways announced it will bring forward the launch of its four weekly flights to SEA from March 15 to January 29, 2021. The airline will operate a four-times ...
Tue, Jul 01, 2014
The Port of Seattle Commission voted today on two components of the agency's Quality Jobs Initiative, a comprehensive compensation and workforce development program for jobs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Commissioners a...
Mon, Jul 12, 2021
What is that white plume coming from the stack? It's primarily steam. Cruise ships are returning to Seattle this year with a longer and more active pre-season than normal. In a typical year, cruise ships only spend 8-10 h...
Tue, Oct 11, 2022
Central Puget Sound is home to several species of threatened and endangered marine mammals, birds, and fish — most notably Southern Resident killer whales, an iconic and beloved species in our region. Underwater noise impacts thei...
Wed, Aug 07, 2019
Ten years ago, the area known as Eastrail looked tremendously different from how it looks today. Once upon a time it was a 42-mile stretch of railroad bed. In recent years, local jurisdictions have converted sections of the trail ...
Wed, Jun 08, 2022
It would seem simple to donate used items to a good cause for most people, but that's not the case for government agencies that must avoid the 'gifting of public funds' — a Washington state law that prohibits local government...
Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Khurshida Begum was seven years old when the foreign man came to her rural village in Bangladesh. He was so nice and generous to her parents, building the family a new home and giving them the food and clothing the family needed. ...