Maritime Morning Brief

Maritime 253 Opens at the Port of Tacoma

Kitsap Fast Ferry Returns to Its Pre-Pandemic Schedule

Seattle Seafarers Center, Executive Director Opening

Yearly Arrivals Update

Quiet Sound Slowdown in Admiralty Inlet

In this special episode we sit down with Steve Nevey, Executive Director of Washington State Ferries. After Steve joined a Chevron cadet program at 16 he went to sea on tankers and then cruise ships, and worked his way up at Holland America on a path that was supposed to end in a captain's chair and instead ended in an office in Seattle. He walks us through how he arrived at Washington State Ferries a year and a half into the pandemic, what he found when he got there, and the work of rebuilding the licensed deck workforce. We also get into the aging fleet, the three new hybrid-electric ferries now under construction for 2030, what riders misunderstand about how the system, and some of his most exciting days on the job.

Steve Nevey of Washington State Ferries Special Episode

ECHO Program's Swiftsure Bank Slowdown

Special Episode Thursday

Yearly Arrivals Update

Estuary Reserve Analyst Opening on the Hudson

Tanker Flag Arrivals Through July

Charles Costanzo and Maritime Prosperity Zones

A Thank You to the Seattle Maritime Academy

New Special Episode: Marine Exchange Catch Up

Yearly Arrivals Update

In this special episode Sara & Patrick sit down to catch everyone up on what's been happening at the Marine Exchange! Patrick just returned from Helsinki, where he spoke at the 15th Annual World Congress of Oceans and toured Fintraffic, Finland's national vessel and cargo traffic command center. He shares what that trip means for PortLink, our new digital information platform, and what the vessel movement data is already starting to reveal. We also cover the 2026 Annual Meeting on September 24 and Patrick's upcoming role as incoming chair of the National Harbor Safety Committee Steering Team.

Sea Grant Skills and Drills

Ferry Crew Rescue Near Orcas Island

July Arrivals Highlight

Annual Meeting One Month Out

Resolve Marine Relocates to Foss Waterway

Yearly Arrivals Update

First Steel Cut for a New WSF Ferry

Annual Meeting Registration Open

2026 Small Shipyard Grant Program Grants Reaches Six Washington Shipyards

A New Continuity of Operations Agreement With the Coast Guard

Quiet Sound's Admiralty Inlet Slowdown

Cynthia Reed Joins the Spirit of Propeller Board

Icebreaker Healy Back in Seattle

No Daily MMB Next Week

Mariner Credential Wait Times and VTS Safety Notice

NWSA 2026 North Star Award Nominees

Yearly Arrivals Update

In this special episode we sit down with International Transport Workers' Federation staff Ryan Brazeau, ITF's West Coast Coordinator, and Dr. Asif Altaf, ITF's Global and Wellness Program Coordinator. They walk us through what a port call actually looks like for the crew — 29-day shore passes, Jones Act waivers, months at anchorage, the Strait of Hormuz — and the human cost underneath all of it. Thank you Ryan and Asif for discussing some hard topics openly with us and for the work you do for our seafarers around the world.

ITF Special Episode Out Now

The Great Washington ShakeOut

Sea Scouts Return From the Long Cruise

ITF Special Episode Out Friday

Port of Bellingham's $23.5M North Pier Grant

Yearly Arrivals Update

NOAA's New "Sanctuary Watch"

Seattle Fire's ERAT Drone Proposal

Seattle Fleet Week

The Port of Anacortes Drop-Frame Barge Network

MITAGS-West Workboat Mate Apprenticeship

Update on Arrivals

NWSA Opens Terminal 30 to Non-Container Vessels

Port of Everett Bulkhead Complete

Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Change of Command