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Young to visit Southeast Alaska this week

...his public schedule.Young is scheduled to speak at the dedication ceremony for the new ship assembly hall at the Ketchikan Shipyard at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is also scheduled to speak.Two other...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-25/young-visit-southeast-alaska-week
Local
$750k bid for unwanted ferry worth $80M

...hour. The state ferry system doesn't want the Susitna, the staff report said.The vessel is docked near the Ketchikan shipyard where it was built.The government of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory, said it was interested...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-31/750k-bid-unwanted-ferry-worth-80m
State
Ice-breaking ferry may be headed to Northern Mariana Islands

...though the borough did build a $4.5 million ferry terminal. The Susitna remains docked in Ward Cove near the Ketchikan shipyard where it was built. The borough didn't pay to build the boat, but as the owner it is now responsible for bills...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-30/ice-breaking-ferry-may-be-headed-northe
State
Governor's office stumps for new ferries

...Kemp said. Having two trips a day also increases the opportunity for passenger traffic as well, he said.While Ketchikan Shipyard is the preferred location for building the two new vessels, it hasn't locked in the deal yet. Kemp said the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-23/governors-office-stumps-new-ferries
State
Alaska editorial: Ripple effect

...adopted a procurement method - construction manager/general contractor - in proceeding with the ferry project and Ketchikan Shipyard.Elliott Bay Group - the ferry designers - the state Department of Transportation and the shipyard had been working...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-01-20/alaska-editorial-ripple-effect
Opinion
Alaska Editorial: Ready, not waiting

This editorial first ran in the Ketchikan Daily News: As Ketchikan Shipyard develops, it continues to fill its dance card with ship repair and building projects for the new year.The Alaska-owned shipyard...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-08/alaska-editorial-ready-not-waiting
Opinion
Workforce reduced at Ketchikan shipyard

KETCHIKAN - Alaska Ship and Drydock has had 23 fewer people working in the Ketchikan Shipyard since May 1 and the company says the main reason is a seasonal slowdown in routine vessel repair and maintenance work."It's...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-06-11/workforce-reduced-ketchikan-shipyard
State
Ketchikan shipyard sets sights on ferry

...to build additional ferries as well, using the same design to cut costs.Alaska Ship and Drydock operates the Ketchikan Shipyard under a long-term private/public partnership agreement with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-25/ketchikan-shipyard-sets-sights-ferry
State
Alaska editorial: Keep it local

...that the city - along with the Ketchikan shipyard's operator, Alaska Ship...expands its maritime industry.Ketchikan Shipyard is successful in building and...obvious project(s) for the Ketchikan Shipyard or another Alaska shipyard...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-16/alaska-editorial-keep-it-local
Opinion
Fast ferry gets annual overhaul in Juneau

...Public Facilities.This year, the 235-foot Fairweather's crew got to spend the month at home instead of at the Ketchikan shipyard where state ferry overhauls are normally done, while technicians from the shipyard there came to Juneau to assist...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-16/fast-ferry-gets-annual-overhaul-juneau
Local

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