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A cruise ship ‘green corridor’ in the PNW? Ports make pact over carbon emission goals
A worker aboard the Norwegian Bliss at Pier 66 cleans balcony panels before the ship’s departure for Alaska. The cruise ship is 1,094 feet long with a… (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter The Port of Seattle is teaming up with other ports and cruise lines to try -
Hamdi Mohamed, Toshiko Grace Hasegawa and Ryan Calkins win Port of Seattle Commission elections
Port of Seattle Commission Position No. 1 incumbent Ryan Calkins, left, Position No. 4. winner Toshiko Grace Hasegawa, center, Position No. 3 winner Hamdi Mohamed. (Courtesy the campaigns)By Akash Pasricha Seattle Times business reporter Two newcomers will be joining the Port of Seattle Commission. Hamdi Mohamed, 31, will win the race for Position No. 3 -
2021-07-19Flight Corridor Safety Program On-line Open House
The Port of Seattle has an ongoing program to remove trees around SEA to improve safety during takeoffs and landings and replant in their place, native, low-growing trees. The first phase of work, completed in 2019, centered around removing and replanting trees on Port property. During this phase, the Port established low-growing native forests onsite -
2020-10-01Port 101: What is the Port of Seattle?
An informational overview document explaining the Port of Seattle’s mission, operations, governance structure, funding sources, and key facilities including Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and maritime operations. The document covers how the Port serves the community through aviation, maritime, economic partnerships, and sustainability initiatives. -
2020-06-11SHB1847 – Aircraft Noise Abatement Various Provisions
Washington State legislation that amends RCW 53.54.010, 53.54.020, and 53.54.030 to expand aircraft noise abatement programs. The bill reduces the threshold for port districts to undertake noise abatement programs from twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet aircraft flights per day and modifies the boundaries of impacted areas eligible for various remedial programs including property acquisition, -
2020-06-11Substitute House Bill 1847 – Aircraft Noise Abatement – Defining aviation impacted area
Washington State legislation (Chapter 105, Laws of 2020) that amends aircraft noise abatement provisions, reducing the threshold for port district noise programs from airports serving twenty to nine hundred scheduled jet flights per day and expanding impacted area definitions. -
2020-03-12Port Of Seattle-Cities Aircraft Noise DC Fly-in Prep Memo
The tentative agenda for participants in the Port Of Seattle’s ‘fly-in’ to Washington D.C. This was scheduled to coincide with the National League Of Cities conference. -
Center Runway Reconstruction
The Port of Seattle completed reconstruction of the center runway (designated as 16C/34C) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2015. The runway was originally built in 1969 and had some brief closures during 2016 in order to complete adjoining projects with taxiways and blast pads. The project included installation of a new LED runway lighting system and an -
SEA Airport Approaches Capacity and Faces Difficult Decisions
Steinbrueck, Peter The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) recently published preliminary findings of an air capacity study that shows what Port leadership and the traveling public have known for a while — the region is rapidly approaching a crisis. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has one of the smallest footprints of any major airport in the -
2020-01-28Flight Corridor Safety Program 2019 contracts, agreements, and real property interests
Port of Seattle Commission agenda item requesting authorization for the Executive Director to remove flight path obstructions around Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, replant replacement trees, and acquire property rights for obstruction management. The program identifies 174 trees as obstructions requiring removal to ensure airport safety compliance.