Port of Seattle

Last week, Commission unanimously adopted a resolution opposing Initiative 2117 which would repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, a carbon credit trading system. I-2117 also prohibits the State from establishing a new cap-and-invest program. Passage of I-2117 would eliminate critical funding for Port and state programs that benefit our economy, increase access to living wage green careers, and support transportation networks and the environment. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ghVg7hC4

Next up in our volunteer spotlight series — meet Cathy Swift, Content and Digital Communications Senior Manager. She volunteered the Tuesday following Labor Day and assisted travelers exiting the International Arrivals Facility coming in from long flights coming in from overseas and ending at SEA. Here are some of the highlights from her experience: “𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘚𝘐𝘔 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦. - 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 10 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 - 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘐𝘔 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 - 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘌𝘈 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘉.𝘊. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘌𝘈 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉.𝘊. 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 15 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦! - 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘶𝘱 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳.”

We’re excited to announce new nonstop service from SEA Airport to Copenhagen on Scandinavian Airlines starting in May 2025. SAS will operate five weekly seasonal summer flights to Denmark’s capital city. With strong historical ties to Scandinavia and the Nordic region, travelers out of SEA will now have nonstop service to three Nordic capitals — Reykjavik, Helsinki, and Copenhagen. SAS previously served SEA for decades, dating back to the 1960s. SAS officially joined the SkyTeam Airline Alliance earlier this month. This allows for even greater connections on Delta Air Lines, also a member of the SkyTeam Airline Alliance. This is the third international nonstop service announced to begin in 2025, following a record year of new services in 2024. https://lnkd.in/gWzeRBcp

On Aug. 24, we identified system outages consistent with a cyberattack. It was a fast-moving situation, and our staff worked to quickly isolate critical systems.    This incident was a “ransomware” attack by the criminal organization known as Rhysida. The efforts our team took to stop the attack appear to have been successful. There has been no new unauthorized activity on our systems since that day.     We remain on heightened alert and are continuously monitoring our systems. Our staff has been working around the clock to enable our partners and travelers who use our gateways to safely and securely reach their destinations and utilize our facilities.    We’ve been engaging with our forensics specialists and actively supporting law enforcement’s investigation of the attacker. We have refused to pay the ransom demanded, and as a result, the actor may respond by posting data they claim to have stolen on their darkweb site.     Our investigation of what data the actor took is ongoing, but it does appear that some Port data was obtained by the actor in mid-to-late August. Assessment of the data taken is complex and takes time.    We are committed to these efforts and notifying potentially impacted stakeholders as appropriate. In particular, if we identify that the actor obtained employee or passenger personal information, we will carry out our responsibilities to inform them.    While our response and recovery are still ongoing, we wanted to share updated information about what happened, what we have been doing, and how we are further strengthening our security. It remains safe to travel from SEA Airport and use our maritime facilities.      Read our full statement ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gxm8x4GV 

Next up in our volunteer spotlight series — meet Julie Kinzie, Sound Insulation Senior Manager, Noise Programs. Rocking a green vest, she volunteered over the busy Labor Day weekend in the baggage claim level and put herself in travelers’ shoes as she answered questions and provided directions and baggage claim information. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪. 𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪-𝘍𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘜.𝘚.-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱.” “𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘌𝘈, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 ‘𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘪.’ 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘣.” “𝘈 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

We’re proud to support and partner with the Seattle Aquarium in the development of the new Ocean Pavilion. Commissioner Fred Felleman takes you on a tour of the new iconic exhibition and highlights ways the Port and Aquarium are partnering to improve ocean health.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introducing you to some of our superstar volunteers who supported travelers during SEA Airport’s system outage. Meet Marlene Slugay, senior HR organizational business partner. She spent the Tuesday after Labor Day in the baggage claim level dressed in a green vest, offering a friendly face to answer traveler’s questions, direct them to their baggage claim, and navigate construction. Here are a couple of her favorite stories from her experience:   “There was a traveler who I could see was frantically looking for something. He said, ‘I’m trying to get to Amtrak’ and showed me the piece of paper with his itinerary. He was taking the train up to Vancouver B.C. to get on an Alaska cruise. I told him his options were to take a $50-70 Uber to get to the Amtrak station downtown or he could take the Link Light Rail for $3. He liked the idea of taking light rail, but I could see his eyes glossing over as I was trying to give directions to the airport station. So, I walked him to the parking garage and the Link Light Rail stop and helped him buy a ticket. I told him what stop to get off at and that there are restaurants nearby to hang out in and people watch while waiting for the train.”   “I met two young men from Austria who had travelled to America to go backpacking. Seattle was the first place they landed — they were planning to go to Mt. Rainier and North Cascades. They had a rental car through the Turo app, but because the Wi-Fi was down at the airport, they couldn’t get on the app to locate their car. So I used my Port phone to help them log in and find out where their car was. It was parked in the airport garage. They had all this climbing equipment, so I went with them and directed them to the elevator, across the skybridge into the parking garage and down the elevator to floor 2, row M, to reach their car.”

During the Sept. 10 Commission Meeting, Executive Director Steve Metruck provided an update on the current system outages that began Saturday, Aug. 24. The investigation into this cyberattack is ongoing, and we will provide appropriate updates as they become available.

SEA Airport House Words: We’re busy. Thank U 2019, Next! 2019 was a Hot SEA Summer, but 2024 is brat and very demure all in one. Our top 10 busiest days at SEA are now from 2024 or 2023. To all our airport workers and partners, We Love You 3000.

In the latest installment of Elevated, discover the intricate planning and construction efforts behind SEA Airport's third runway. Designed primarily to minimize delays due to adverse weather, the project navigated a complex approval process involving local, state, and federal agencies, while also overcoming substantial community opposition. Despite these hurdles, the runway was successfully completed in November 2008. Watch the full episode → https://lnkd.in/g3uS7hME