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And, according to Washington State Ferries, an estimated 300,000 riders anticipated Wednesday through Sunday. Holidays bring together families and friends, but they also bring high traffic traveling.
MV Wishkah is a future Olympic-class ferry that will be operated by Washington State Ferries. The vessel will use a hybrid diesel–electric engine and is expected to enter service in 2027, [1] with a capacity of 164 cars and 1,500 passengers. The ferry was named for the Wishkah River on the Olympic Peninsula. [2]
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 routes are designated as part of the state highway system. WSF maintains a fleet of ...
The MV Wenatchee is a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. Launched in 1998, she was the second in her class in the fleet following the MV Tacoma. Since delivery, the Wenatchee has almost exclusively been assigned to the busy Seattle–Bainbridge Island route alongside the Tacoma.
The new state ferries have to be built in America because of a century-old federal maritime law. In neighboring British Columbia, BC Ferries is also acquiring hybrid-electric ferries to meet ...
Washington State Ferries will begin an international recruitment effort for new leadership. Patty Rubstello, who has been head of WSF for nearly three years, is retiring. Ian Sterling ...
The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF) and the oldest ferry operating in the WSF system.. The Tillikum entered service in April 1959 for the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route. [3]
The Skagit / Kalama-class ferries were high-speed passenger vessels built for Washington State Ferries (WSF) in 1989. The MV Skagit and MV Kalama were the only ferries in this class. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , the pair were loaned to San Francisco where they ferried passengers while the damaged San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge ...