The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reported that the M/V Kennicott has been temporarily taken out of service.
After completing its southern run to Ketchikan on November 4 it entered dry dock for repairs.
“It’s got a leaky seal on its port-side propeller,” explained Aurah Landau, public information officer for Alaska Marine Highway System’s South Coast office.
She estimated repairs should take until mid-month to complete, and the ferry may return to service later next week. In the meantime, service in Southeast has been reduced to regularly scheduled stops on the M/V Columbia, servicing Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Haines and Skagway twice each week. In the interim, service to Prince Rupert has been suspended until the Kennicott returns.
AMHS has already contacted affected passengers, either accommodating them on the Columbia or recompensing them their fare.
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