This story has been corrected to note a photo shows a museum display at the ferry terminal in Bellingham, Washington, not aboard the Columbia ferry. When the Alaska Marine Highway System officially ...

Here is a look at each of the nine ships in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet, along with the summer schedule. The fleet is divided into mainline ferries and day boat/shuttle ferries. Two of the ...

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 ...

Ferries that operate as the Alaska Marine Highway System are as essential to coastal communities as roads are to the cities and villages along the road system. If the Alaska Highway or the Glenn ...

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 ...

Alaska appears to be in prime position to capture well more than $1 billion in federal funding for ferries that many stakeholders hope is the catalyst for long-sought change in the Alaska Marine ...

The state of Alaska is looking for someone to take the Matanuska, one of the first three ships built as part of the Alaska Marine Highway System after statehood. In a public notice published Friday ...

May 2026 marks a pivotal moment for Alaska travelers as the Alaska Marine Highway System releases its full summer schedule and the Alaska Railroad completes its new Seward terminal, reshaping access ...