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Service Notices

Information is listed by date of posting as represented by the calendar icon. The effective date of each item will be noted in the heading or the content.

AUG
31

Service Notice: Skagway AMHS Vehicle & Passenger Ferry Operations Update: Aug 31, 2026

Skagway Ferry Terminal Repair Update

Repair work at the Skagway Ferry Terminal continues to advance on both the marine and landside components of the facility.

Crews are actively working to replace and install anchor chains for the terminal float. As work progresses, each of the existing chains inspected to date has been found to be compromised, reinforcing the need for the ongoing replacement work.

On the landside, the concrete pour for the repaired abutment has been completed. The new concrete is now undergoing the required curing process before additional work can proceed.

Once the concrete has achieved the necessary strength and the anchor-chain work is complete, crews will move into the next phase of reassembling the terminal infrastructure. DOT&PF continues to advance the work as quickly and safely as conditions allow and will provide additional updates as repairs progress.

 

AUG
30

Service Notice: Tustumena Cancels Seldovia

Due to gale force winds lasting three straight days, and strong opposing currents in the Barrens, the Tustumena's arrival into Homer today, Sunday, August 30th, 2026, is behind schedule by approximately 6 hours. To keep on schedule for the rest of the week, todays service to Seldovia is cancelled. The Homer Terminal Staff have contacted all customers who were booked and assisted them in making alternative arrangements to get to Seldovia on Tuesday. 

AUG
27

Service Notice: September 8, 2026 Columbia schedule change

The Columbia will depart Juneau for Haines at 12am instead of 1:30am due to heavy Haines traffic needing to board southbound
AUG
25

Service Notice: Cold Bay temporarily suspends the use of the Cold Bay dock.

Due to recently discovered pile damage, at the City of Cold Bay Dock, the following operational restrictions are required:

  1. a maximum vehicle weight of 7,000 lbs.
  2. a maximum axle load of 3,500 lbs. and
  3. a limit of one vehicle permitted on the approach trestle at any given time
  4. no vessels permitted to moor along the approach trestle

These measures will allow continued use until the dock's previous capacity can be safely restored.

Please contact our reservations call center at 1-800-642-0066 Monday through Friday 7:30am until 3:30pm Alaska Time, or the Kodiak Ferry Terminal on 1-907-486-3800 for assistance. For more information regarding AMHS policies, please visit our Travel Policies page.