Maritime Industry

Windstar Cruises of Seattle will spend $250 million to cut three ships in half, stretch them, and reassemble each of them with an additional 50 suites as well as modernized engine rooms.

May 3, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Slicing small cruise ships in half is first step in $250M expansion project WATCH

Seattle-based Windstar Cruises is having some radical surgery done on three ships that will add 84 feet to each vessel. Watch how the ships will...

Business

Wade Bassi, skipper and co-owner of the 106-year-old halibut fishing vessel Polaris, stands near his boat at Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle. Bassi and his crew left the day after Easter for Alaska, where they will fish for halibut and black cod. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

April 28, 2019 at 6:01 am

Alaskan halibut, caught by a century-old Seattle boat, provides a glimpse of Amazon’s strategy with Whole Foods

The story of Whole Foods’ halibut deal opens a window into Amazon’s grocery strategy and draws a line from a Seattle industry with roots in...

The FV Destination was loaded with crab pots and stocking up on bait in Dutch Harbor, its final port of call before it left on Feb. 9 on route to the Pribilof Islands. On Feb. 11, off the Pribilof Island of St. George, the Seattle based crab boat sank, killing six crew.

(Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard)

Place: Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Time: Feb., 2017

April 22, 2019 at 6:00 am

Seattle-based Destination crab boat sank 7 years after Congress mandated training for skippers. Why isn’t it enforced? WATCH

The Coast Guard investigation into the 2017 sinking of the Destination put a fresh spotlight on the need for training, noting that unsafe loading put...

Local News

The Shell oil drilling rig, Polar Pioneer, arrives in Seattle from Port Angeles being towed by 4 Foss tugs. Terminal 5 is in the backround where it will dock.

April 3, 2019 at 3:44 pm

Seattle port slated for $500 million upgrade for larger ships and new cruise berth

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have approved a $340 million revamp and lease at Terminal 5 just east of West Seattle, which officials hope...

Harley Marine Services’ Bill Gobel (ATB) is docked next to Harley Marine Services on Harbor Island in Seattle Thursday, July 12, 2018.
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April 1, 2019 at 5:02 pm

Harley Marine Services says company’s founder and CEO was fired

Harley Marine Services, a big presence on Seattle's waterfront, said Monday it has relieved founder Harley Franco of his duties as CEO, the latest step...

Karen Kutkiewicz gives her two-year-old daughter Sarah a kiss after getting off of the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star in Seattle Monday, March 11, 2019 following a 106-day deployment. She also greeted her husband and five-month-old son John.

The crew of the United States’ only heavy icebreaker, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, returns home Monday morning to Seattle after supporting Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica, the U.S. military operation to resupply the U.S. Antarctic Program.

The crew overcame flooding, an electrical outage, electrical switchboard issues and an incinerator fire to accomplish their mission supporting Operation Deep Freeze. 209573

March 11, 2019 at 6:57 pm

Polar Star icebreaker’s crew returns to Seattle with tales of curious penguin, rugged seas, fire aboard ship VIEW

The ship was on a mission to resupply Antarctica’s McMurdo Station. The 150 crew members were reunited with family and loved ones Monday morning.

Local News

The Zhen Hua 31 heavy-lift ship, carrying four super-post-Panamax container cranes, sails into Commencement Bay on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The cranes, among the largest on the West Coast, will be installed at the Port of Tacoma and will join four others that arrived in the Pacific Northwest last year. The cranes were purchased by the Northwest Seaport Alliance from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in China through a competitive bid process. (Ted S. Warren / The Associated Press)

March 5, 2019 at 7:02 am

A ship carrying four gigantic cranes passed through Puget Sound. Here’s what they’re for. WATCH

Four skyscraper-like cranes, among the largest on the West Coast, floated through Puget Sound Tuesday on a ship.

In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 photo, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star rests by a dock in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The only U.S. ship capable of breaking through Antarcticaâ€™s thick ice is undergoing repairs in balmy Hawaii this week as it prepares to head south. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) RPAM103

March 3, 2019 at 5:37 pm

Fire broke out aboard Seattle-based icebreaker when it was in one of Earth’s most remote spots

The Seattle-based Polar Star is the nation's only heavy icebreaker still able to operate. But the 43-year-old ship is already well beyond its expected 30-year...