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First full cruise season under new rules starts

...and for many people the increased cost won't be much of a factor, said John Binkley, president of the Alaska Cruise Association. But it could turn away other more "price conscious" travelers and eventually make it harder for companies...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-01/first-full-cruise-season-under-new-rule
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Wastewater legislation moves to Senate floor

...said. "And they already treat at a very high level."In an interview after the hearing Friday morning, Alaska Cruise Association President John Binkley said the bill process so far has been thorough."It is a complicated issue that is...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-08/wastewater-legislation-moves-senate-flo
State
2012 business news round-up

...Passengers spent an estimated $180 million in Juneau. Visitor numbers are expected to top 1,000,000 in 2013. Alaska Cruise Association's John Binkley and CBJ Docks and Harbors Carl Uchytil discussed what those numbers mean to Juneau's economy...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-03/2012-business-news-round
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Gov. Parnell's plan would change cruise wastewater rules

...The move was aimed at attracting more ships - which Parnell says it has - and at settling a lawsuit with the Alaska Cruise Association, which it also did.Cohen was kicked off the science panel after questions were raised about his objectivity...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-24/gov-parnells-plan-would-change-cruise-w
State
CCTHITA oppose bill to change cruise ship waste regulations

...weren't meeting the more rigorous standard set out by the initiative, at least for certain pollutants. The Alaska Cruise Association, in written testimony to the House Resources Committee, said 45 organizations and local governments had passed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-04/ccthita-oppose-bill-change-cruise-ship-
State
House passes cruise ship wastewater bill

...within seconds following discharge of the treated wastewater.Supporters of Parnell's plan, including the Alaska Cruise Association, have touted these findings as proof a change is needed.One of the panelists, marine ecologist Michelle...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-04/house-passes-cruise-ship-wastewater-bil
State
Public input builds on wastewaster legislation

...The state and the cruise industry have been through much of this before, John Binkley, president of the Alaska Cruise Association, said. In the late 1990s Gov. Tony Knowles' administration set up a panel of scientists which completed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-08/public-input-builds-wastewaster-legisla
State
Longshoreman continue protesting at cruise ship docks

...union workers.John Binkley, president of the Alaska Cruise Association, said nothing has changed since the union protested...lines must hire legal U.S. workers. Here Alaska Cruise Association and Alaska Customs agree with union members...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-06/longshoreman-continue-protesting-cruise
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EPA: Marine diesel harmful to human health

...shipping companies to use fuel with sulfur levels at 1,000 parts per million.John Binkley president of the Alaska Cruise Association has said the cruise industry typically uses emissions controls and fuel with less sulfur than that which is...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-23/epa-marine-diesel-harmful-human-health
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Cruise dock appeals deadline looms

...improve Juneau's downtown waterfront."The Alaska Cruise Association and the Northwest Cruise Association has submitted...supportive of those," John Binkley president of the Alaska Cruise Association said in an email interview.Mrs. Osborne said...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-06/cruise-dock-appeals-deadline-looms
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