Tagged: Alaska

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that could allow cruise ships to return to Alaska ports this summer. The Alaska Tourism Recovery Act, which was presented by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would temporarily suspend the requirement for cruise ships stop in Canada. Canada is closed to cruise traffic through February 2022, making a stop there impossible. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that could allow cruise ships to return to Alaska ports this summer. The Alaska Tourism Recovery Act, which was presented by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would temporarily suspend the requirement for cruise ships stop in Canada. Canada is closed to cruise traffic through February 2022, making a stop there impossible. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

The legal battle over whether cruise ships can set sail from the U.S. again is ramping up. But now, Alaska is suing the federal government to bring back cruises immediately. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy says his state has lost $3 billion due to the cruise industry stoppage in 2020. (abc7.com)

Alaska is hoping to salvage the 2021 cruise ship season but at the expense of B.C. The state wants to pass a new bill allowing ships to sail directly from Seattle to Alaska, without stopping at a B.C. port. (globalnews.ca)

The effort to save the 2021 Alaska cruise season may have been too little too late as the Alaska Tourism Recovery Act seems to be going nowhere, with no plan in place to even vote on the Act. The Act was introduced earlier in March by Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade….and that is exactly what the state of Alaska is struggling to do right now! The possibility of facing another summer without the cruise ships departing from Vancouver and Anchorage has become a grim reality. (eu.thenewsstar.com)

At Thursday’s assembly meeting in Skagway, Mayor Andrew Cremata opened discussion of a potential cap on cruise ship passengers and when such a cap should be presented to voters. (ktoo.org)

For the fourth year in a row, weekly summer water quality tests show that most Ketchikan beaches have elevated levels of bacteria that could make people sick. That happened this year even without dozens of cruise ships sailing through the Inside Passage and discharging wastewater. (alaskapublic.org)

The recent decision to extend the cruise ship ban in Canadian waters for another year, which was made without warning or consultation with Alaskans, will devastate my home state. (nationalpost.com)

U.S. Rep. Don Young introduced legislation on Wednesday that aims to allow large cruise ships to return to Alaska this summer. (ktoo.org)

Canada’s ban on cruise ships through early 2022 effectively ended most of the cruise season in Alaska. A handful of smaller, boutique cruises plan to sail. But not all of them plan to allow passengers to stop in towns. (ktoo.org)

Faced with the prospect of another canceled cruise season, Ketchikan’s borough is projecting a multimillion-dollar deficit. But despite the estimated $3.4 million shortfall, officials say the borough won’t burn through all of its savings. (krbd.org)