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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, Alaska in 2001.
The Alaska Marine Highway System and the Inter-Island Ferry Authority provide each other with back-up capacity when their ships require maintenance. For example, MV Lituya was diverted from her normal Metlakatla–Ketchikan schedule in May and June 2020.
New construction since the Kennicott has focused on day boats, which can run their expected schedule and return home within a 12-hour shift. In 2004, the MV Lituya was added to the fleet to make the 16.5-nautical-mile (30.6 km) trip between Ketchikan and Metlakatla in Southeast.
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
Metlakatla Indian Community has exclusive commercial and subsistence fishing rights to the islands’ waterways extending from 3,000 feet at mean low tide." [7] Please note that the Annette island's Reserve is not a reservation. It is a reserve Travelers into Metlakatla usually reach it via the Alaska Marine Highway ferry.
New Bedford ferry schedules are not affected. Concerns with a lack of crew members has prompted the Steamship Authority to reduce its summer schedule. New Bedford ferry schedules are not affected.
During the course of that work being done, rusted and pitted steel was also discovered in the engine room,and those repairs caused the ferry to miss the bulk of the summer season. [9] The M/V Kennicott provided services between Homer and Seldovia and Kodiak on a limited schedule. A private carrier provided freight service to the Aleutian ...
The ferry system, taking advantage of her ocean-going status, sends the vessel on a monthly trans-Gulf of Alaska ("cross-gulf") voyage beginning in Juneau and concluding in Kodiak. On this voyage, the Kennicott is able to provide service to the isolated Gulf of Alaska community of Yakutat and is the only vessel to do so. The cross-gulf voyages ...