Alaska U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R.-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D.-Alaska) today announced that they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a commercially available Icebreaker by the U.S. Coast Guard. Though the legislators did not state the name of the icebreaker, the most frequently mentioned candidate vessel has been Edison Chouest Offshore’s M/V Aiviq. Back in May 2022, the Coast Guard issued an RFI seeking to identify commercial...
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Measure to help restart Alaska cruises passes Senate
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent S. 593, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA), sponsored by Alaska’s two U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan.
The bill provides a way for cruise ships to bring passengers to Alaska, despite a Canadian order that bars cruise vessels from operating in all Canadian waters until February 28, 2022.
PASSENGER VESSEL SERVICES ACT
While cruise lines are getting closer to meeting CDC requirements to restart operations from U.S. ports...
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