The state ferry Malaspina sits in layup in Ward Cove near Ketchikan on May 10, 2020. The state says it pays nearly $450,000 a year to be tied up at the private docking facility. (Eric Stone/KRBD) ...

The Malaspina plies the waters of the Lynn Canal en route from Haines to Juneau in Southeast Alaska, Aug. 15, 2012. (Kelli Burkinshaw/KTOO) One of the first Alaska Marine Highway vessels could be ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — I’d been told she’d had a little work done. Who can blame her? She was turning 50, and her life had been hard. The miles were starting to show. But after an $8-million ...

The first of the Alaska Marine Highway System's original ferries, the MV Malaspina, is preparing for her 50th birthday with an $8 million makeover. We're talking more than just fresh paint.

JUNEAU - A state ferry will be put into storage in Ketchikan because there’s no money to repair it. The Alaska Marine Highway System announced Thursday that the Malaspina will be placed in ...

The Malaspina is the fifth ferry system vessel sold by Alaska officials over the past 20 years. The state in 2018 sold the ferry named Taku to a Dubai-based company for about $170,000.

The Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina cruises through Tracy Arm near Juneau in May 2013. The Malaspina has been unused since 2019, and state officials are considering whether to scuttle it in ...

The state of Alaska is trying to dispose of a 58-year-old ferry, and even has offered to give it free to the government of the Philippines. Gov. Mike Dunleavy offered to give the Malaspina ferry ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has sold the ferry named Malaspina to a business group in a deal aimed at giving the ship a new life and preventing it from being scrapped. The ...

The event kicked off in Ketchikan, Alaska, in May, when the renovated Malaspina set sail on a five-day, 500-mile commemorative Golden Voyage. Special sailings and events will continue through October.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is trying to dispose of a 58-year-old ferry, and even has offered to give it free to the government of the Philippines.