New Voluntary Slowdown for Commercial Ships Aims to Quiet the ...

Now, a new program called Quiet Sound aims to better understand and reduce the effects of large commercial vessels on the whales in Washington ...

Quiet Sound's Voluntary Ship Slowdown Reduces Underwater ...

The Voluntary Large Commercial Vessel Slowdown is an initiative of Quiet Sound , a program of Washington Maritime Blue . It's driven by a ...

2022 Trial Slowdown - Quiet Sound

For further details on the Quiet Sound program, the development and implementation of the voluntary vessel slowdown trial, as well as the results of the 2022- ...

The initiative aims to support Southern Resident killer whale ...

Quiet Sound's Second Annual Voluntary Commercial Vessel Slowdown Kicks Off to Protect Migrating Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales in Puget Sound.

Quiet Sound's Voluntary Ship Slowdown Reduces Underwater ...

The Voluntary Large Commercial Vessel Slowdown is an initiative of Quiet Sound, a program of Washington Maritime Blue. It's driven by a ...

Launching of new season of program protecting Southern Resident ...

Launching of new season of program protecting Southern Resident Killer Whales · 71% of 795 vessels passing through the slowdown area decreased ...

Voluntary Vessel Slowdown Season to Protect Killer Whales

Quiet Sound, a collaborative program from ... goal of more than 80 percent this season. ... OSIL have announced a new addition to their Marine Snow ...

Voluntary ship slowdown protects killer whales - The Quiet Coalition

Underwater noise makes it difficult for killer whales to hunt and communicate, which endangers their lives. In response, an organization called ...

Puget Sound's orcas given relief from shipping noise - DIVE Magazine

During the trial, 70 per cent of vessels transiting through the slowdown areas reduced their speed – 53 per cent of which reached Quiet Sound's ...

New trial program asks ships coming into the Puget Sound to slow ...

SEATTLE — Some commercial vessels will soon take part in a voluntary "trial slowdown” under the umbrella of Quiet Sound, a program working ...

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

Organizers of Washington State's Quiet Sound project say they have recruited more vessel operators to the second year of a voluntary, seasonal ...

Big ships transiting North Puget Sound asked to slow down, quiet ...

The voluntary slowdown for container ships, tankers, freighters, cruise ships and car carriers is scheduled to run from October 24 to December ...

Participation up in second Puget Sound ship slowdown to protect ...

That's the impact that Quiet Sound reported from its voluntary ship slowdown trial, which ran from October 2022 to January 2023. Instead of an ...

Captains of big ships eased up on the throttle during trial slowdown ...

The majority of captains of big commercial ships entering and leaving Puget Sound are cooperating with a request to slow down temporarily to ...

Ship slowdown successful so far | Whidbey News-Times

A voluntary slowdown trial for large ships in north Puget Sound has proven to be successful so far. ... Photo by Ardi Kveven ...

Quiet Sound says more vessels joining Puget Sound slowdown

Organizers of Washington State's Quiet Sound project say they have recruited more vessel operators to the second year of a voluntary, ...

Quiet Sound project tries slowing Puget Sound shipping to protect ...

The Quiet Sound project is supporting a voluntary slowdown of large vessel traffic in Admiralty Inlet and north Puget Sound from Oct. 24 to Dec.

Washington to implement voluntary slowdown for ships to protect ...

said Rachel Aronson, the program director of Quiet Sound, adding that the requested speed reduction varies by vessel type, but for most it would ...

Slowing down ships to help save killer whales in Seattle - Axios

Driving the news: The voluntary slowdown, aimed at decreasing underwater noise, is the first of its kind, according to Quiet Sound, a ...

Slow down for killer whales off the North American west coast - Gard

Ship masters should also take note of the voluntary programs aiming to diminish noise impacts from large commercial ships on the Southern ...