Summer is Upon Us

Disappointing, but not surprising… WSF is not going to be able to restore service on the Vashon Island or Bremerton routes this year as planned. While hiring is up, retirements are as well. This problem is not unique to Washington State Ferries or even Washington State. B.C. Ferries continues to Read more…

April Showers

Not too much of a shock, but WSF’s internal investigation determined that the captain of the Cathlamet “lost situational awareness” and that was the cause of the crash, which, honestly, I believe is probably the worst I’d ever seen. In the years since the Cathlamet chewed up the docks at Read more…

Updates!

It’s all in the fine print… If you’ve been following the progress of the new ferries, which WSF desperately needs since shall we say two dowagers of the fleet could potentially be one bad Coast Guard inspection away from being yanked from service ala the Steel Electrics (cough cough Yakima, Read more…