State negotiating with Ketchikan dock owners to turn Malaspina ferry into museum
One of the first Alaska Marine Highway vessels could be reborn nearly 60 years later as a museum for the history of the state ferry system.
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Malaspina ferry could get second life as Alaska attraction
DOT says four parties have expressed interest in the 450-passenger Malaspina. It’s the latest twist in the process initiated by the Dunleavy administration to dispose of a once iconic state ferry that’s been idle since 2019.
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State says it’s considering offers for Alaska’s idled Malaspina ferry
The state Department of Transportation says it’s received an offer to buy the ferry Malaspina. But it says it’ll entertain other offers through March 7 with the preference that it remain in Alaska.
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Docking mishap in Ketchikan damages state ferries Kennicott and Hubbard
The state Department of Transportation says the larger ferry Kennicott hit the Hubbard while docking in the early morning hours. A damage estimate has not been released.
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The Malaspina could be enlisted to fight global piracy. Instead the state’s paying $75,000 a month to tie it to a dock.
The cost of keeping an idled Alaska ferry at the dock is nearly twice as much as reported to the public and state lawmakers. Yet prospective buyers, including one that would use it to fight piracy, have had their calls go unanswered.
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Alaska’s ferry link to Prince Rupert, B.C. looks likely to resume
Alaska’s ferry link with Prince Rupert, British Columbia is on pace to resume next May following a tentative agreement between customs officials in both countries. State officials also plan to modify one of its two idle Alaska Class Ferries yet remain mum on the fate of the mainliner Malaspina that remains tied up at Ward Cove’s private dock for $38,500 a month.
Read MoreLISTEN: Governor’s chief of staff talks Alaska ferries
The governor’s chief of staff says the Dunleavy administration is working to leverage federal infrastructure dollars to revitalize the Alaska Marine Highway System. Federal dollars have helped the state forward fund the ferry for 18 months, though Dunleavy vetoed about $8.5 million of the state’s appropriation earlier this summer.
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Two former state ferries start their journey to Spain with loading onto transport ship
“We’ve all been waiting — I think the whole town’s been waiting to see this process for a few months. But it’s sad to see the ferries leave,” one onlooker said.
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