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The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) has postponed codifying its cruise ship limit into ordinance until additional work has been completed.

During the Aug. 31 CBJ assembly committee of the whole worksession, Mayor Beth Weldon proposed an amendment to making the five-ship-a-day limit a mandate rather than a voluntary agreement, citing the need for the Visitor Industry Task Force (VITF 2.0) to collect more data and finish their findings.

Weldon’s motion was carried on a 5-4 vote.

Full story Juneau Assembly puts decision on cruise ship limits on hold

Public can provide input at two Visitor Industry Task Force meetings in June as group contemplates recommendations to manage post-pandemic growth. (more…)

Alaska Native village corporation Huna Totem Corporation and the City and Borough of Juneau have finalized a tidelands lease agreement for the Áak’w Landing project, clearing the way for final design and construction of a new cruise ship dock and waterfront destination in downtown Juneau. (more…)

Cancellation of sailings by Royal Caribbean enough to narrowly tip the balance in favor of Alaska’s southernmost port, CBJ tourism manager says. (more…)

The vast majority of Alaska cruises stop in this engaging little city that offers among the greatest variety of attractions and experiences of any Inside Passage port. (more…)

The Norwegian Encore departs Juneau Tuesday night. It’s the last cruise ship of 2025, and it marks the end of a nearly 200-day tourism season. (more…)

Some Alaskans are fired up about water pollution from heavy fuel oil burned on large cruise ships. (more…)

Goldbelt Incorporated is finally sharing more about its proposed $500 million cruise ship port on the backside of Douglas Island. (more…)

Goldbelt Inc. has unveiled more information about its proposed cruise ship port on the backside of Juneau’s Douglas Island, but city officials say they are still largely in the dark. (more…)

The small Alaskan town of Juneau appears perpetually locked in a battle of searching for ways to better manage the huge flow of cruise ship traffic that it sees each summer. (more…)

Safety cameras along the Juneau Seawalk, a covered bus stop in the Mendenhall Valley and public Wi-Fi downtown are some of the new projects that could be funded by the fees paid by cruise ship passengers this year. (more…)

The Juneau Assembly is set to take a critical vote Monday night that will determine if the construction of a fifth cruise ship dock downtown will move forward. (more…)

Juneau residents had a chance to ask questions and offer comments on a proposed fifth cruise ship dock at two public meetings this week. (more…)

Juneau residents will have a chance to learn more about Huna Totem Corps’ proposal to build a fifth cruise ship dock in downtown Juneau. (more…)

Juneau’s residents are divided over whether to embrace the economic benefits of millions of visitors, or reclaim their town from an industry that has reshaped it. (more…)

The final cruise ship of the season, the Norwegian Jewel, left Juneau on Thursday evening, concluding a nearly 200-day cruise ship season for the capital city. (more…)

Juneau voters appear set to reject a ballot measure that would have banned large cruise ships on Saturdays. (more…)

At least two ships arriving Monday will stay until Tuesday evening as Sitka, Ketchikan brace for wind. (more…)

Thousands of residents in Juneau, Alaska, are voting through next Tuesday on an initiative to ban any cruise ship with a capacity of over 250 passengers from docking in their city on Saturdays and the Fourth of July. (more…)

Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. (more…)

They’re delivering a stern warning. Fed up with thousands of tourists turning up in literal boatloads nearly every day during the warmer months, Juneau, Alaska is taking drastic measures. (more…)

On June 18 a group of Sitka residents submitted a proposed cruise ship-limiting ballot measure to city officials for legal review. (more…)

Juneau agrees deal with industry body to curtail visits but critics say it does not go far enough to protect quality of life. (more…)

In a landmark decision to preserve the city’s unique character and protect its natural environment, Juneau has agreed to impose strict limits on the number of cruise ship passengers disembarking daily. (more…)

The City and Borough of Juneau has negotiated a conceptual agreement with cruise lines that could limit the number of daily passengers that come off their ships and into Juneau. (more…)

Recent data shows about 250,000 pounds of trash made its way from cruise ships to Juneau’s landfill last summer. (more…)

During a Nov. 6 Committee of the Whole meeting, Juneau Assembly members voted informally on whether the city should pursue cruise passenger reductions. (more…)

Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. (more…)

The streets of downtown Juneau are about to get much busier starting Monday as passengers from the first cruise ship of the season are slated to spill into shops and businesses to begin what is expected to be a record season. (more…)

April brings the start of Alaska’s cruise ship season. Juneau will welcome hundreds of cruise ships in the coming months. (more…)

It has been a busy season for the Port of Juneau. According to Juneau Port Director Carl Uchytil, the cruise industry was just shy of 100,000 passengers compared to the number of passengers seen during the 2019 cruise ship season. (more…)