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The Alaska Marine Highway has posted its winter schedule that covers travel from Oct. 1 thru April 30. The way fares are determined has changed and will vary depending on availability, timing of purchase, and other factors. For instance, the price of a ticket will become more expensive as the ship fills up and there are fewer openings left, fares …

By Jacob Resneck at CoastAlaska in Juneau The ferry Kennicott paused on its way to Bellingham to rescued five people in Canadian waters after a small boat capsized Friday morning in the Inside Passage. The Bellingham-bound Alaska Marine Highway ferry responded to reports that a 20-foot boat was partially submerged near Humchitt Island about 200 miles south of Prince Rupert, …

The Alaska State Ferry Tustumena got back underway again this morning after being tied up in Kodiak over the holiday weekend due to inclement weather. According to weather records, southeast winds on Christmas Eve were gusting over 40 knots. The Alaska Marine Highway home office sent a notice Saturday afternoon that due to those high winds and resultant heavy seas, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT draft_ferry_schedule 896.54 Kb This week the Alaska Marine Highway System released a draft of the state ferry schedule for next summer. There aren’t a lot of changes for the Kodiak run, with service by the Tustumena three weeks a month between here and Homer. The Kennicott will cover the other week when the Tusty goes down the Alaska …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska State Ferry service is set to begin to Old Harbor today (Monday). The ferry Tustumena is scheduled to arrive from Sand Point at about 6:30 this evening on its first regularly scheduled stop. It will depart an hour later, and arrive in Kodiak at 3 a.m. tomorrow. Port calls to Old Harbor this summer will only occur …