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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.
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.
Six decades after the Alaska Marine Highway System launched its first vessels and became a vital transportation link, it's beset by worker shortages, financial troubles, political fights and an ...
AK-7 north overlaps Glacier Highway: 13.15: 21.16: Ferry Terminal Road — Auke Bay Ferry Terminal: Alaska Marine Highway: 39.01: 62.78: Dead end: Beyond Echo Cove access; northern terminus of Glacier Highway: Gap in route : Haines: Haines: 0.00: 0.00: Front Street to Haines Ferry Terminal: To Alaska Marine Highway; southern terminus of Haines ...
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.
In 2019 the Alaska Marine Highway System replaced Fairweather with MV Tazlina on the Juneau-Skagway-Haines route. While Tazlina requires twice as long to complete the round-trip as Fairweather , she can carry 53 cars instead of 31, and the state expects to save $400,000 per year in fuel costs. [ 34 ]
Highway on the Sea: A Pictorial History of the Alaska Marine Highway System. Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-929521-87-9. "Vessel Profiles". Alaska Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013; Welcome Aboard! M/V Taku. Alaska Marine Highway pamphlet.
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 .