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Two historic boats at a dock with a city and gray lake in the background.
Ferries Featured

January Roundup: Fickle ferries, port news and axolotls

News from around our waterways this month

Cara Kuhlman
Gray and white boats equipped for fishing sit at a dock with gray skies above.
Ferries

Funding flows in for WA ports and ferries

These investments may continue at the state level, but future federal funding is uncertain.

Cara Kuhlman
A green and white ferry on calm water with hilly land covered in evergreen trees behind it.
Ferries

Washington State Ferries extends timeline for converting ferry to hybrid-electric

Instead of a year, converting the first of three larger ferries may take almost two years.

Cara Kuhlman
A white, double decker ferry pulled up to a dock with cars waiting.
News

Water taxi plays tugboat, WSF news and an all-electric ferry for Skagit County

In Seattle, ferries can be the talk of the town and this fall is no exception.

Cara Kuhlman
A white boat with green trim with "Western Flyer" painted on the bow docked between large work tents and a crane.
Ferries

New meets old and the hybrid era of boating

From speakers to satellite antennas to hybrid propulsion, adding new systems to older boats seems to make a lot of sense.

Cara Kuhlman
A white vessel with passengers on the back deck crosses an open body of water towards a city skyline.
News

A perspective on passenger-only ferries

Future Tides founder and writer Cara Kuhlman grew up around passenger ferries, worked at a ferry builder and now writes about them.

Cara Kuhlman
Report outlines technical details of King County Water Taxi expansion
News

Report outlines technical details of King County Water Taxi expansion

In December 2019, a King County Metro survey gauging interest in additional water taxi routes generated buzz in the waterfront communities of Ballard and Kenmore. Two years later, the proposed expansion is further defined but not a certainty

Cara Kuhlman
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