A third of ferry sailings cancelled due to crew shortages
EDMONDS Staffing shortages forced a drastic system-wide reduction in Washington State Ferries service Friday.
The Edmonds-Kingston and Mukilteo-Clinton routes each were down from the usual two boats to one effectively half the normal capacity. They are two of the busiest routes that WSF operates, spokesperson Ian Sterling said. Other routes were in a similar boat.
Crew shortages were largely caused by a perfect storm of workers being sick with COVID-19, in close contact with ill people or unwilling to work under the governors vaccine mandate, Sterling said.
Of more than 420 sailings system-wide Thursday, 35 were cancelled. That number jumped to 150 cancellations Friday more than a third of state ferries service.
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