The Port of Seattle Commission voted to permanently prohibit the use of biometric technology — including facial recognition — for law enforcement, security and mass surveillance purposes by the port and private-sector entities operating at its...

Mike McLaughlin, director, maritime cruise and marketing, is retiring after 36 eventful years at the Port of Seattle.

Having successfully completed the US-based industry's first simulation cruise, Freedom of the Seas received a conditional sailing certificate to carry passengers starting July 2.

The Port of Seattle expects its first cruise ship arrival June 29 with Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas docking at Terminal 91 to prepare for the Alaska season.

Royal Caribbean International plans to send Serenade and Ovation of the Seas to Alaska beginning July 19 and Aug. 13, respectively.

Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line expect to resume US cruising in July with Alaska sailings from Seattle.

Princess Cruises canceled sailings from Seattle through June 27 and Holland America Line through June.

Seattle's economy is impacted by Canada's decision to ban cruise ships for another year but the region's leading homeport warned the effect on port towns in Alaska could be 'cataclysmic.'

The Port of Seattle's five-year capital improvement plan resumes the study for a proposed new cruise terminal in 2023.

A Federal Maritime Commission report concludes that Alaska may be suffering the biggest per capita impact of any US state from the loss of cruise business.