The state ferry Columbia was going to be used on the mainline route along Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage, which will now be sailed by the ferry Tustumena — removing the Tustumena from winter service across the Gulf of Alaska.
One of Alaska’s main ferries won’t be running this winter after all. The Columbia was going to be used on the mainline route running through the inner channels of Southeast from Bellingham, Washington and Prince Rupert, BC up to Yakutat. But the State Department of Transportation has decided to keep the 418-foot ferry sidelined.
“Columbia has been out of service for a few years and we’ve got it just about ready to bring back into service but we feel it would be a better backup ship than being the primary vessel out there at this time,” said DOT spokesman Sam Dapcevich.Now, the state plans to use the Kennicott and Matanuska throughout the winter and use the Columbia as a backup ship. The Kennicott will run through mid-January and the Matanuska from late January on. There will be a two-week gap of no service in between.
This also means the Kennicott won’t run cross-Gulf of Alaska service in the winter months, Dapcevich says, but it should return in May.include adjusting the Tustumena dates out of Kodiak, filling the two-month gap that was in the draft schedule. It now provides trips to Prince William Sound between Cordova and Valdez, which connects Cordova to the road system during the two-month stretch when the Aurora is in overhaul.
“Right now, with our crewing situation, we’re not always able to live up to our schedule,” Dapcevich said. “And when that happens we end up having to cancel people’s plans, potentially they have to make last minute changes. And because of dynamic pricing, they may end up paying more and we don’t feel that’s right.”
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