The public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System has recommended that the state call an end to the Matanuska's 53-year career in the fleet. The final decision whether to sell the unseaworthy ferry rests with the governor and his Department of Transportation commissioner.
"There is currently no set timeline for action," said Sam Dapcevich, the department's spokesman.
The 408-foot-long, 499-passenger ferry has been out of service since the fall of 2022, when it went into the shipyard in Ketchikan for annual maintenance - but workers discovered extensive rust which would require mil...
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