The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has awarded the Alaska Class Ferry project to Vigor Alaska shipyard in Ketchikan, Alaska, where construction is currently underway.

A 20-year plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System is being met with skepticism about the likelihood of funding for proposed improvements and questions about the inability to resolve current ...

Seasoned travelers on the Alaska marine highway exchanged wary looks as the ferry slowed. Disruptions are increasingly common on Alaska's aging fleet of ferries.

The Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board addressed the staffing changes at a Jan. 6 meeting. “The system is in a really vulnerable place, right now,” said board president Shirley Marquardt.

The Southeast Alaska boundary with Canada originated as an uncertain line created by an 1825 treaty between Russia and Great Britain during the early fur trading days.

The Canadian government has awarded a $3.9 million construction contract to improve safety in British Columbia at the Pink Mountain intersection on the Alaska Highway.

The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has awarded the Alaska Class Ferry project to Vigor Alaska shipyard in Ketchikan, Alaska, where construction is currently underway.

Gone are the cross-Gulf of Alaska journeys to Whittier, necessitating a 15-hour drive through Canada and the Interior from Haines to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

A 20-year plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System is being met with skepticism about the likelihood of funding for proposed improvements and questions about the inability to resolve current ...

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Seasoned travelers on the Alaska marine highway exchanged wary looks as the ferry slowed. Disruptions are increasingly common on Alaska's aging fleet of ferries.