Just outside of Unalaska, there’s a shipping superhighway. Dozens of vessels, many foreign-flagged, pass by on their way to and from Asia every day, mostly unseen. That is, until they’re in trouble.

Captain Ed Page is the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange of Alaska, an non-profit organization that tracks vessels moving through the region. The Marine Exchange often the first to know when something goes wrong, and as a result it plays an important role in the region’s shipping safety net.

In this segment of The Exchange, Captain Page speaks with KUCB's Stephanie Joyce about responding to maritime disasters, expanding the receiver network in the region, and trends in shipping traffic.