AML stopped shipping EVs to Alaska last year, after another company’s ship caught fire and sank off Adak while carrying ...

The schedule looks a lot like recent years, with six of the state’s nine vessels sailing. There is not enough funding or staffing to run them all, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Shannon McCarthy, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT & PF), said this has been going on for more than four seasons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 2—The Alaska ferry system is at risk of running out of operating funds this summer because of a frozen federal grant program, ...

The Alaska Marine Highway System has never fully paid its own way with ticket revenues; it’s always needed state money to cover the gap between what it costs to operate the fleet and what it can ...