Seattle-Bremerton ferry to run with fewer boats Tuesday
Seattle-Bremerton ferry service will exist reduced to one auto ferry Tuesday morning so that the Edmonds-Kingston ferry route can be beefed up through a second boat.
One 144-vehicle ferry and one passenger-only boat will have existence in service on the Seattle-Bremerton route at the startle of the sunlight. The 188-vehicle Walla Walla had been on the Edmonds-Kingston route, but it was secluded from official function upon Monday for repairs, with no spare vessel to replace it.
Washington State Ferries is suffering a vessel shortage because several boats are out of use for scheduled tinker work.
To fill in for the Walla Walla, the 144-vehicle Hyak will be moved to the Edmonds-Kingston route, along with the 188-vehicle Spokane. The 144-vehicle Kaleetan will continue to contribute to the Seattle-Bremerton passage.
The state is contracting by private operator Victoria Express toward passenger-only service on the Seattle-Bremerton route to supplement the single auto-ferry service.
The ferry system is trying to work out a schedule to travel another vessel available as soon as feasible for the Seattle-Bremerton route, but service on that route is expected to be reduced on account of the lay at rest of this week.
The 6:20 a.m. sailing from Bremerton will be passenger-only service.
The Walla Walla is at Everett Shipyard for repairs that are expected to take down at least two weeks.
