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The M/V Columbia is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.. M/V Columbia at Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Constructed in 1974 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington, the M/V Columbia has been the flagship vessel for the Alaska ferry system for over 40 years.
There is also an additional summer ferry on alternating Saturdays. Alaska-bound ferries also stop in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, providing a direct link between the lower 48 states and northern British Columbia. [4] [5] The terminal offers regular passenger ferry access to the nearby San Juan Islands, operated by private companies.
BC Ferries, British Columbia's ferry system, similar to the Alaska Marine Highway Inter-Island Ferry Authority , southeast Alaskan ferry system that operates out of Prince of Wales Island Puget Sound Navigation Company , a private company connecting Washington and British Columbia
Alaska Marine Highway also operates vehicle ferries between Ketchikan, Alaska and Bellingham, Washington, and Alaska Rail Marine operates train ferries between Whittier, Alaska and Seattle, Washington through the Inside Passage of British Columbia without docking at Canadian ports. For the 2024 season, Alaska Marine Highway is not servicing ...
The Inside Passage is heavily travelled by cruise ships, freighters, tugs with tows, fishing craft, pleasure craft, and ships of the Alaska Marine Highway, BC Ferries, and Washington State Ferries systems. Coast Guard vessels of both Canada and the United States patrol and transit in the Passage.
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
Alaska has a well-developed ferry system, known as the Alaska Marine Highway, which serves the cities in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska as well as in the Alaska Peninsula. The system also operates a ferry service from Bellingham, Washington and Prince Rupert, British Columbia in Canada up the Inside Passage to Skagway.
Spirit of Kingston was built by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington in 2004 [2] and launched in January 2005. [3] She was formerly in use in Alaska under the name Spirit as a ferry between Skagway and Haines and for eco-tourism. [4]