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What will happen to Seattle's cruise industry?

caption: People walking down a pier between two large cruise ships.
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People walking down a pier between two large cruise ships.

Walking by Elliot Bay this summer, you'll notice something different. All those giant cruise ships that are usually docked with water slides and hundreds of balconies won't be around. Because Seattle's summer cruise season has been canceled.

Record host Bill Radke spoke to maritime lawyer Charles Moure about why the summer cruise season is canceled, and if or when it will return.

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