AMHS marine engineers say uncompetitive pay has driven a severe and worsening workforce shortage, caused excessive reliance ...

Proposed summer ferry schedule for 2025 remains much the same, with Columbia replacing Kennicott Public comments being accepted until Nov. 12, with virtual meetings scheduled that day.

A lounge of the state ferry Kennicott had plenty of empty seats as it departed Ketchikan for points north on February 23, 2024. Ferry ridership has declined steeply in the last decade.

World’s longest ferry ride that takes a minimum of 60 hours to complete The company which operates the massive ferry route has been going since 1981 when it started out in an old hotel.

The Kennicott is in the shipyard and doesn’t have updated certificates, but that’s standard practice for ships that aren’t in service. The weak service on the route has left people stranded in recent ...

The Hubbard is scheduled to sail between Haines, Skagway and Juneau on six days between July 16 and July 22. This summer, Alaska’s ferry system is running only six of its nine available ships; two ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System is short more than 100 new crew to safely and dependably put the Kennicott to sea. Without enough onboard workers, the state ferry system will start the summer ...

The cuts this year include only having one mainliner running through the Southeast. The M/V Columbia will be the only one in the region, with the other mainliner from the region, the M/V Kennicott, ...

As Corinne Smith reports from Homer The Alaska Marine Highway System announced significant changes to this year’s summer ferry schedule running May 1 through September 30. The mainliners Columbia and ...

Under an option presented to the nine-member state ferry system advisory board last Friday, three of the fleet’s eight main vessels would be laid up this summer for lack of crew (Kennicott), lack of ...

In a change of plans from just a few weeks ago, the Alaska Marine Highway System reports it lacks enough crew to operate the Kennicott this summer. The loss of the Kennicott from the schedule likely ...

Under an option presented to the nine-member state ferry system advisory board last Friday, three of the fleet’s eight main vessels would be laid up this summer for lack of crew (Kennicott), lack of ...