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Alaska issues RFP for diesel-electric ferry

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has issued a request for proposals for the ...
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State DOT seeks public input on draft summer ferry schedule

If the proposed schedule is approved, Sitka will see one ferry a week, a service level consistent with the past several years. The M/V Columbia will stop in Sitka on alternating Mondays and Tuesdays, ...
Marine Log

RFP out for Tustumena replacement ferry builder

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (Alaska DOT&PF) has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the ...
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State starts engineering for power at proposed Cascade Point ferry terminal

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has signed a $1.3 million contract to begin planning electrical service for the proposed Cascade Point ferry terminal. The contract was ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska’s draft 20-year ferry plan depends on steady federal funds

A draft of the 20-year plan for Alaska’s state ferry system is open for public comment. Officials with the Alaska Department of Transportation are asking residents to weigh in on the plan that will ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska ferry engineers say they are critically short-staffed, with no easy answers

Meagan Nye doesn’t always know when or if her workweek will end. She’s an engineer on the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia. She is supposed to work two-week shifts at sea. But more and more ...