The Matanuska waits at Ketchikan’s state ferry terminal on June 20, 2022, the day of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s first voyage to Prince Rupert, B.C. since 2019.

The Alaska Marine Highway System stopped all sailings Wednesday after a decision by its largest union to strike following the failure of contract negotiations with the state.

Hundreds of Alaska ferry workers went on strike Wednesday, shutting down a transportation system that serves as a lifeline for rural communities in The Last Frontier. Workers with Inlandboatmen ...

Alaska is a big place, but doesn’t have a lot of roads to show for it. It does have the Alaska Marine Highway System, and Alaskans travel all over the state on the ferry. Some people use the it ...

As part of a plan to trim Alaska’s budget, ... the Alaska ferry system. The 10-vessel fleet transports 350,000 people and 100,000 vehicles a year, ...

Federal funding makes a new Alaska state ferry possible — but not guaranteed While the Alaska Marine Highway System waits for a new vessel, an iconic ferry has become “a floating museum piece.” ...

Two of the most distinctive images of Alaska travel are squarely at odds with each other: The jeans and flannel-shirt personification of the last frontier, and the sparkling evening gowns and black… ...

The Alaska ferry system, which had initially said the Susitna would not fit at its docks, has decided to take a second look. Bids, including private offers, are scheduled to be reviewed on March 29.

Alaska—once famous for its 'bridge-to-nowhere'—now has a $78 million ferry to that same destination. Upkeep for the high-tech, high-speed, ice-cutting, Naval-grade (but 100% idle) catamaran is ...

Only five of Alaska's 33 ferry terminals are connected to a road system. The marine highway also connects the state to Bellingham, Washington, and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

KETCHIKAN — The Alaska Marine Highway System plans to put its new ferry Tazlina into service in waters in the southeast in May.. The ferry system announced last week that the 280-foot vessel ...