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The package included 4 new vessels and new docks throughout. The first of these new vessels built was the MV Malaspina, followed closely by the MV Matanuska and MV Taku. [6] With 3 new ships, and a new name, the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) was born.
The Stikine formerly provided round-trip service from Coffman Cove to Wrangell and Petersburg for the summers of 2006, 2007 and 2008, but that route was suspended after the summer of 2008. [2] A new Authority, the Rainforest Islands Ferry Authority, was created and in 2014 may possibly operate the North End route.
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 ...
Seastreak's new schedule doesn't include a stop in Jersey City that NY Waterway provided, which would leave those passengers searching for alternatives. ... Seastreak Belford NJ ferry routes ...
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.
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.
The northern route operated only four days a week so as not to require a second crew for Stikine. The route operated only in the summer when ferry traffic in Southeast Alaska peaked with tourist crossings. During the winter, Inter-Island Ferry Authority made use of its two ships to maintain service on the southern route during maintenance periods.
In December of 1967, Matanuska inaugurated direct ferry service between the Lower 48 and Alaska. She completed the route between Seattle and Ketchikan in about 43 hours. [22] While the southern terminus of this route was moved to Bellingham in October 1989, [23] the Inside Passage route remains part of the Alaska Marine Highway System.