Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...
KETCHIKAN — Minutes after the M/V Kennicott pulled away from its terminal in the Tongass Narrows on a late February journey up the Inside Passage, emergency lights flickered on, barely visible under a ...
A proposed 20-year plan seeking to restore the ailing Alaska Marine Highway System to a more reliable and sustainable transportation hub calls for, above all, adequate funding for operations and ...
The U.S Coast Guard has awarded Vigor Alaska, a Titan company, a $3.65 million contract to perform maintenance and repairs on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter John McCormick at the Ketchikan Shipyard.Work on ...
Lt. Adam Reckley, left, a member of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, and Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan Brosowsky, a member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco (91105), and ...
Problems with the Alaska Marine Highway System’s operations and aging fleet are so acute that marketing efforts to potential visitors outside Alaska are being intentionally scaled back, Marine ...
Here is a look at each of the nine ships in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet, along with the summer schedule. The fleet is divided into mainline ferries and day boat/shuttle ferries. Two of the ...
Alaska’s state ferry system continues to face stiff headwinds when it comes to staffing, state officials say. Alaska Marine Highway officials say they’re struggling to attract and retain workers, ...