New Director Takes the Helm of State Ferry System
Craig Tornga has been appointed the state ferry system’s new Marine Director, a position formerly known as general manager and held for twenty years by the recently retired Captain John Falvey.
Tag: Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS)
Cordova, Tatitlek, and Chenega Awarded Ferry Dock Funding
A $28.2 million federal grant lets three Prince William Sound communities modify docks to enable newer state ferries to serve them.
Marine Highway Plan Includes New Ferry
An infrastructure plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System includes significant capital investments, such as a new ocean-class vessel to replace the 57-year old ferry Tustumena.
The Alaska Marine Lifeline
Despite mountains of data, piles of studies, hundreds of voices, passionate communities, involved business leaders, and engaged politicians, somehow the AMHS is apparently an unresolved—or unresolvable—problem.