The Seattle Maritime Academy received $1 million on Friday amid a shortage of ferry workers that has continued to cause long waits and canceled sailings. The one-time funding came from money the city ...

Seattle is giving $1 million to keep the Seattle Maritime Academy operational as declining enrollment forces Seattle Colleges to seek new funding. The city announced Friday it will give the academy — ...

THE VULCAN, one of three floating machine shops built for the U.S. Army in the 1950s, still is filled with old tools that were used to repair Army patrol boats during the Vietnam War. The bulky barge ...

Seattle Central Community College is planning a major expansion of its Seattle Maritime Academy campus, located on Shilshole Avenue just east of the Ballard Bridge. The project, currently in the ...

Washington State Ferries says a worldwide shortage of mariners is to blame for long wait times for customers and reduced service on multiple ferry routes. But now they’re working with a local academy ...

Merchant Mariner Nick Bowling directs the hoisting of supplies aboard USNS Rainer (T-AOE 7) as part of Rim of the Pacific 2016. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin Wright/U.S. Indo-Pacific ...

A crew shortage has forced the Washington State Ferries to work with a reduced alternate schedule during and through the pandemic. Staff shortages across the industry have only gotten worse, even as ...

Foss Maritime announced today a partnership to establish the curriculum for a new marine engineering apprenticeship program, and to sponsor several applicants each year. Seattle Central College, ...

SEATTLE — Officials with Washington State Ferries acknowledge the system is short on staff and in need of dozens of new recruits. A March report from the ferry system says staff shortages are ...

Once upon a time, the big black and white tug that now sits in the evening shade of the Ballard Bridge had a shady reputation. The Encounter Bay, a 28-year-old Norwegian-built anchor handler and ...