The state’s ferry system could receive a bump in funding this year, but the Alaska Marine Highway system still faces multiple significant challenges. Even with an increase in funding from last year, ...

It’s been a difficult year for the Alaska Marine Highway System, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told legislators Tuesday afternoon. “We were not ...

State budget cuts reduced the amount of service provided by the Alaska Marine Highway System this winter. Right now only four of the 11 ferries owned by the state are in service. The limited sailing ...

Residents of Angoon have been unable to travel by ferry for nearly three weeks. The Alaska Marine Highway System hopes to restore service to about 500 people who live there by mid-December. In the ...

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Ferry Service for Rural Communities ...

Hubbard, a new ferry built in 2019 for Alaska's Marine Highway System (AMHS), was formally christened this week after a change of plans put the vessel's entry into service on hold. The vessel is the ...

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in 22 states and one territory that designed to help improve port facilities through the Maritime ...