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WSF Weekly Media Highlights
The Future of Washington State <https://www.king5.com/video/news/local/281-32c6e8ed-ce4c-46d2-91e8-ca92c84e2d58> Ferries – King-5
Ferry Crew Rescue After Capsizing <https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/ferry-walla-walla-rescues-person-dog-after-boat-capsizes/BJ2JD6IKURE4XMUBQW2LSWZZE4/> – KIRO-7
Major Issues of the Week
While overall service reliability last week was 97.5%, challenges filling relief requests, specifically on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes, remain. With the distance required
for filling San Juan Island relief requests and August always being a tough month for crewing availability, we aren’t able to fill every vacancy, even on our number one prioritized
route.
The most difficult route for filling relief requests and impacting our San Juan Islands’ service reliability is the Interisland, the only one in the system that can’t be accessed by
vehicle. The Interisland is a vital inter-island link for county workers, school students, medical workers, and other essential travel. For this reason, we have worked with our labor
partners to incentivize filling those relief requests and contracted with a private water taxi to transport Interisland crews directly to/from Anacortes and Friday Harbor. Understanding
the importance of the route, we’ll continue working on ways to make our service there more reliable.
Yesterday, the Walla Walla, currently assigned to the Bremerton/Seattle route, went out of service with mechanical issues. The vessel’s engine room crew and staff from our Eagle Harbor
Maintenance Facility worked on repairs, but by mid-afternoon, were not able to return the boat to safe operations. With the Bremerton route out of service since after its first round
trip yesterday morning, we moved the Chimacum, currently assigned to Bainbridge/Seattle, to the Bremerton route. This put both routes on one-boat service. The Walla Walla is repaired
and back in service on the Bremerton route, and the Chimacum has returned to the Bainbridge route, but it out of service due to crewing.
Service Reliability*
For the week of July 29-August 4, systemwide service reliability was 97.5%. Last week, we cancelled 90 of 2829 scheduled sailings, 19 of which was replaced, for a net cancellation of
71 sailings. Of the 90 cancellations, 41% (37) were due to crewing (all of which were on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands routes), 30% (27) for schedule resets (when a boat is so far
behind schedule, we cancel a sailing to get it back on schedule, providing predictability for customers), and 12% (11) were due to vessels being out of service. The remaining cancellations
were due to service delays (8), emergencies (3), and miscellaneous (4).
From January 1-July 31, 2023, we had 1916 cancelled sailings, with 154 replaced, for a total of 1762 cancelled trips, out of more than 78,000 sailings during those seven months.
From January 1-July 31, 2024, we’ve had 1477 cancelled sailings, with 122 replaced, for a total of 1355 cancelled trips, again, out of more than 78,000 sailings during those seven months.
With each cancellation impacting customers’ lives, every one matters, but with 23% fewer cancellations year-over-year, the new recruiting, hiring, training, and retention programs funded
by Governor Inslee and the legislature are making a demonstrable difference.
*For WSF, “reliability” refers to a scheduled sailing taking places, not on-time-performance. We understand for the public a significantly late sailing isn’t “reliable,” but we also
share on-time-performance data <https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/wsferries/viz/WSF-Public/Index> for transparency on both metrics.
Vessel Availability
We’re operating at our 15-vessel current service level, adding a 16th “bonus” boat on the Fauntleroy/Southworth/Vashon “Triangle” route when crewing and vessel availability allows.
New Vessels and Jumbo Mark II Conversions
New Vessels – As previously reported, we’ve signed a contract with ABB <https://new.abb.com/us> to serve as the propulsion system integrator for our first five new vessels. ABB brings
extensive experience in marine electrification and will support functional design efforts, shipbuilder contracting, supply of propulsion-related equipment, oversight of vessel construction
– particularly the hybrid electric propulsion system – and crew training. We’ll be working closely with ABB over the next few months to refine our functional design and prepare the
technical volumes, the next steps of the Invitation for Bid, for release later this year. We are still scheduled to deliver two boats in 2028.
Hybrid Conversions – Work continues on the Wenatchee, the first Jumbo Mark II vessel undergoing its long-planned midlife propulsion upgrade. That work includes on-going coordination
with the shipyard on when the conversion will be completed and the vessel ready to return to service.
WSF Community Engagement
From now through August 23, Washington State Ferries is hosting an online open house <https://engage.wsdot.wa.gov/sji-draft-ferry-schedule/> as a major part of updating Anacortes/San
Juan Islands’ sailing schedules. The site features draft schedules, info on how the rewrite process works and an opportunity for feedback. As part of our efforts to get as many guests
as possible please consider using the below text and the attached graphic to help promote the meetings. For those with questions and comments email sjischeduleupdate@wsdot.wa.gov <mailto:sjischedule
update@wsdot.wa.gov> .
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