Additional AMHS vessels returning to service in April and May (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) vessel M/V Matanuska departed from Juneau Friday on its way to the Ketchikan Vigor Shipyard for repairs to its propulsion system. The United States Coast Guard approved a sailing plan for Matanuska to travel to Ketchikan […]
Allen Marine vessel will make trips on Feb. 29 and Mar. 3 (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has contracted Allen Marine to provide passenger service on Saturday, Feb. 29, and Tuesday, March 3. Each voyage will begin and end in Juneau, and will visit the communities of Kake, Angoon and Tenakee. […]
M/V Columbia will pick up Matanuska sailings on April 14. (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is cancelling sailings on the M/V Matanuska through Tuesday, April 14, at which time the M/V Columbia is anticipated to assume the sailings originally scheduled for the Matanuska. Last month, issues with the reduction gear system […]
JUNEAU – Monday, members of the Alaska House Majority introduced new bills that would protect our ferries and chart a new course for the Alaska Marine Highway System. House Bill 253, introduced by Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka) and several other lawmakers, would prevent the Alaska Department of Transportation from selling or disposing of a […]