The UnCruise Legacy, carrying 50-odd passengers, would have been Ketchikan’s first cruise ship since 2019.
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US Senate acts to save part of Alaska’s 2021 cruise season
The bill temporarily lifts the requirement that foreign cruise ships – nearly the entire fleet – stop in Canada on their way to and from Alaska ports.
UnCruise started operating in Juneau early this year, several other small ships are set to join
There are three other small ship operators planning stops in Juneau this summer. Including the UnCruise boats, there will be more than a dozen vessels making port calls.
Angoon lands nearly $2 million grant to boost local tourism
Angoon sees a steady stream of tourists in the summer, but the community has no visitor center.
Sen. Dan Sullivan: Time is short to salvage Alaska’s cruise ship season
Sen. Dan Sullivan has introduced legislation that would revoke the conditional sailing order imposed on the cruise industry by the CDC.
Alaska travel industry figures raise concerns about CDC’s new rules for cruise lines
Travel Juneau’s Liz Perry says that if any large ships come to Alaska in 2021, it’ll be very late in the season.
‘It’s going to hurt’: Hopes of a lucrative summer tourism season in Unalaska are fading
This summer is shaping up to be another quiet tourism season in Unalaska.
Signature gathering can begin on proposed cruise ship limits in Juneau
About 3,000 Juneau residents who are registered to vote will have to sign official petition booklets by June 2 for the questions to get on October ballots.
Cruise company offers $10 million in ‘humanitarian relief’ to Alaska’s port towns
Juneau’s city manager said there are no strings attached, but the Juneau Assembly will have to accept the money.
Skagway tour company is going green with its own microhydropower project
Owner Robert Murphy hopes to have most of the work on the hydro system done by this fall with a rollout of hydropower for his buildings targeted for next spring.