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.
Read Moreby Eric Stone | Mar 14, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Mar 9, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Feb 23, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Jan 14, 2022 | Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Oct 15, 2021 | Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Sep 16, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
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 Moreby Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Aug 6, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Eric Stone | Jun 25, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
“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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