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The vessel traveled north along the Pacific Coast in June 1967, but was delayed by a severe storm near San Francisco, California when it broke a temporary breakwater. [3] She arrived in Seattle on July 4, several days later than scheduled, and was moved to the Todd Shipyards for repairs. [4] The word Hyak is chinook jargon for "speedy". [5]
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington.It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands.
The Crown-owned British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Limited was created to restore the daily passenger and automobile service between Victoria and Seattle to feed Victoria’s tourist industry. The vessel’s typical schedule had a morning departure from Seattle and a late afternoon return to Seattle.
On February 29, 2016, the Northwest Seaport Alliance invited the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest cargo ship to visit the United States, to dock at the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18. The move was used to test the terminal's capabilities in handling a ship of that size (in the range of 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units , or TEUs) and ...
The ship's vehicle clearance is 14 feet (4.27 m) with a carrying capacity of 110 vehicles and up to 1,000 passengers. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The design of Coho was the basis for that of BC Ferries ' first two ships, the Sidney -class Queen of Sidney and Queen of Tsawwassen , [ 6 ] which developed into the V-class ferry .
The lawsuit was settled in April 2002, with the state paying $4.5 million and limiting ferry speeds to 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). [ 15 ] The voter approval of Initiative 695 in 1999, which eliminated the motor vehicle excise tax used to fund ferry service, cut $93 million from the ferry system's budget by the end of 2001. [ 21 ]
Clipper Navigation, Inc., is an American ferry operator and subsidiary of Förde Reederei Seetouristik based in Seattle, Washington.They provide multiple transportation and vacation packages—many of which are offered under the name Clipper Vacations—including hotel and tour packages in Seattle and in Victoria, British Columbia and Vancouver, British Columbia
The MV Doc Maynard at the new (as of August 2017) temporary King County Water Taxi terminal at Pier 52, on the north side of the Seattle Ferry Terminal. This boat serves the West Seattle–Seattle route. The West Seattle–Seattle route crosses Elliott Bay between Pier 50 on the downtown Seattle waterfront and Seacrest Park in West Seattle.