Last fall, the state said the 418-foot Columbia would remain docked despite years of work to make the ship ready to sail. But a discovery of corroded steel on the 60-year-old Matanuska means the Columbia is returning to service after all.
Alaska’s flagship ferry Columbia will sail in Southeast communities this spring. It’s the
“That’s like corroded steel on the vessel that needs to be repaired,” Dapcevich said in an interview with KSTK Wednesday afternoon. “They didn’t expect to have to do it, and it increases the cost and pushes out the timeline for it to return to service.”despite years of work to make the ship ready to sail. The department had originally planned to task the Matanuska with the mainline Southeast route.
“While [Columbia] was operating as a housing vessel, or ‘hotel ship’ we call it, it was also getting work done,” Dapcevich says, “And that will likely be the same case with the Matanuska – while it’s being worked on, it will be a hotel ship.”That will mean some changes to routes and schedules. For one, the Columbia isn’t certified to serve international ports. That means it won’t be able to stop in Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
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