Roughly 24% of the positions in the Alaska Marine Highway System are vacant, and the rate is highest among the positions that require most training. Among wheelhouse positions, the vacancy rate is ...

Last week, the barge company announced the policy change in a statement due to the fire risk associated with shipping large ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System was formed in tandem with statehood. In the early 1960s, Alaska voters had approved bond packages to build four ferries — the Malaspina, the Matanuska and the ...

The current status of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s fleet is shown in a chart in a draft 20-year plan for the ferry system released Friday. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public ...

When the Alaska Marine Highway System officially drops the first part of its three-part master plan with state lawmakers at the end of the month it also will be the first time the ferry system has ...

Travelers on the Alaska Marine Highway’s ferry Columbia got an unexpected Christmas present on a recent trip from Bellingham to Southeast Alaska: Wi-Fi. The Alaska Department of Transportation ...

Alaska-Marine-Highway-System News: US Awards Nearly $300 Million To Support Ferry Upgrades, Vigor Completes Works On USCGC Vessel Ahead Of Time, US Awards More ...

Last year during the summer of 2022 I wanted to visit a few small towns in Alaska with the ferry. Air service to Gustavus was limited so I tried the Alaska Marine Highway System a few times.

"The name, the Marine Highway System, is to try and jog people into thinking that it's not just a ferry on a back and forth, 10-minute run all day and night," explains Captain Brian Flory.

The Alaska Marine Highway System was formed in tandem with statehood. In the early 1960s, Alaska voters had approved bond packages to build four ferries — the Malaspina, the Matanuska and the ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System was formed in tandem with statehood. In the early 1960s, Alaska voters had approved bond packages to build four ferries — the Malaspina, the Matanuska and the ...