The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has returned the 382’x85’ car-passenger vessel Kennicott back to service following ...

KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The Alaska Marine Highway System has published the draft summer ferry schedule for public review and comment. The proposed May 1-Sept. 30 schedule shows AMHS operations with six ...

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, ...

Alaska’s ferry service will not offer the popular cross-gulf sailings between Southeast Alaska and Southcentral Alaska for the fourth year running due to a staffing shortage, director Craig Tornga ...

The brief grounding happened when the ferry left Annette Bay dock. It lasted less than a minute, according to Shannon ...

Travelers on the Alaska Marine Highway’s ferry Columbia got an unexpected Christmas present on a recent trip from Bellingham to Southeast Alaska: Wi-Fi. The Alaska Department of Transportation ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Before you can make a decision, you need information” Craig Tornga said while avoiding speculation about the future of the MV Matanuska. It’s been out of service for well over a year. Now the state ...

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 ...