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Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles to Alaska or Hawaii. Last week, the barge company announced the policy change in a statement due to the fire risk associated with shipping large lithium ion batteries.

May 20, 2021 by Eric Stone, KRBD – Ketchikan Big cruise ships could be heading for Alaska later this summer. A federal bill that would allow foreign-flagged cruise ships to bypass Canada on their way to Alaska is headed to the president’s desk after unanimously passing the U.S. House of Representatives. That follows the U.S. Senate passing similar …

April 20, 2021 by Claire Stremple, KTOO Alaska will join Florida in a federal lawsuit challenging the current cruise ship regulations in the U.S. The lawsuit says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is overstepping its authority with the Conditional Sailing Order, which imposes strict COVID-19 safety precautions on the cruise industry. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office released …

CrabFest 2021 is proceeding as planned this upcoming year, and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is calling for submissions for the design of its poster and logo. “A huge part of it is just the social aspect of it too, for town. Like we do have a lot of tourists and it’s exciting,” said Sarah …

FERRY UPDATE 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2020 The M/V Kennicott is due to arrive from Whittier at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. It is scheduled to depart for Whittier at 9:30 p.m. The M/V Tustumena is set to arrive at 10:45 a.m. on Friday and leave at 5 p.m. The Tusty will be coming and going …

UPDATE: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 4:45 p.m. KMXT has received word that the sole ship expected late this season has cancelled. More information to follow. The Covid-19 threat has made it a quiet summer along the Kodiak waterfront – and when it comes to cruise ships, it’ll stay that way. Aimee Williams, director for Discover …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: Cruise season canceled COVID-19 required tests for travel COVID-19 case surge in Dillingham seafood workers AFN convention changes Salmon market difficulties Renaming military bases plus, Alaska Fish Radio, updates from Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game,and the weather …

If it were baseball, you’d call the cruise ship season a “shut out.” As of yesterday, there was hope that in the final inning of the cruise ship season, Kodiak would see one cruise ship arrive – the Silver Muse on September 11. But Kodiak’s port agent, Nick Szabo, says he received word Tuesday from …

Chocolate confections and local art came together on Feb. 17 for Discover Kodiak’s annual fundraising event. As KMXT’s Brian Venua reports, the local visitor bureau’s auction was raising money to support tourism to the island. Attendees tasted several local chocolatey goods pictured here as they bid on photos and paintings from local artists. (Brian Venua/KMXT) …

The ship began service in 1964 and has become an icon for the Alaska Marine Highway System. Kodiak held a block party for her diamond anniversary with officials sharing updates about her replacement.