No ferry service until Dec. 21 due to Kennicott's delayed return

Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Columbia remains in service

The Alaska Marine Highway System has put the Columbia back to work through Dec. 17 to cover for the Kennicott, which has been delayed leaving a Puget Sound shipyard.

No ferry service until Dec. 21 due to Kennicott's delayed return

Petersburg will go without state ferry service between Nov. 26, when the Columbia stopped in town before heading into winter overhaul, and Dec. 21, when the delayed Kennicott is scheduled to take up the route. The Kennicott had been scheduled to start work the first week of December but the state reported last week that the ship will be delayed at least two more weeks coming out of the Puget...