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The Alaska Marine Highway System operates along the south-central coast of the state, the eastern Aleutian Islands and the Inside Passage of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. Ferries serve communities in Southeast Alaska that have no road access, and the vessels can transport people, freight, and vehicles.
In early 1994 the Alaska Department of Transportation granted $50,000 to the city of Craig to study the potential of such an authority to provide ferry service to Prince of Wales Island. [3] The Alaska Marine Highway System supported this study because it was losing money serving the island with intermittent stops by MV Aurora , and wanted to ...
This article discusses transportation in the U.S. state of Alaska. Alaska has a small population within a very large geographic area. The geographic differences mean that no single transportation strategy works for the state as a whole. Roads connect the major Southcentral population centers with Fairbanks and the Canadian border. Barges supply ...
MV Fairweather is a catamaran ferry built by Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the Alaska Marine Highway System entering service 2004. After being laid up since 2019, in March 2021 it was sold to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas for service between Mallorca and Menorca .
M/V Tustumena is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. [1]Tustumena was constructed in 1963 by Christy Corporation in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin [2] and refurbished in 1969 in San Francisco.
Pages in category "Alaska Marine Highway" ... 0–9. 2019 Alaska ferry workers' strike; A. Auke Bay Ferry Terminal; H. Haines Ferry Terminal; Homer Ferry Terminal; K.
Ferry companies of Alaska (1 C, 2 P) F. Ferries of Alaska (1 C, 3 P) This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:31 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The state of Alaska issued a request for proposals for the design of a Metlakatla ferry on May 30, 2000. [5] The Alaska Legislature appropriated $3 million for a new ferry and $880,000 for a new ferry terminal for it to dock at as part of the state's 2001 budget. [6] Lituya was designed by Coastwise Engineering [7] of Juneau