Cruise News Articles

The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) granted the Alaska Cruise Association’s (ACA) request to stay proceedings on its administrative appeal of the cruise ship General Permit. The ACA requested the stay after DEC issued a permit that…

Kim Glisson of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Damstadt of the Ketchikan Daily News and Gary Kreitag of the University of Alaska Faribanks tour the control room of Holland American’s Statendam Alaska Cruise Association’s president told a Ketchikan group…

Cruise industry supports 3,000 jobs in Southcentral Alaska and adds $102 million to Anchorage economy The seasonal cruise industry injected $102 million into the Anchorage economy last year, contributed $8.9 million to local government in taxes and fees and created…

Members of the Seward Chamber of Commerce learn about the safety and sanitation policies aboard Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas A team of researchers aboard the 224-foot survey vessel Bold is using its monitoring and assessment equipment to study…

Louis Benecardino, manager of the Alaska Railroad Dock, received the ship’s crest from Capt. Carlo Servillo during the Tahitian Princess’ inagural visit to Seward’ Alaska’s ports welcomed the Tahitian Princess on its inaugural visit this summer with fanfare, including a…

Holland America Line is promoting 29 cruise-tours in Alaska during 2009, the state’s 50th anniversary. The offerings combine an Inside Passage sailing with a land program for a package of 10 to 20 days. Land travel is aboard domed McKinley…

By Denise Koch, Cruise Ship Program manager, Department of Environmental Conservation. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation regularly monitors smoke from cruise ship and ferry stacks through our commercial passenger vessel environmental compliance program. Since the summer of 2000, we…

Last season, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ran a pilot Ocean Ranger program that placed rangers at least once on each of the 27 cruise ships that regularly operate in the state. DEC recently released its final report…

By Mike BradnerAlaska Legislative Digest An interesting sweep of vetoes (by Gov. Sarah Palin) was the distribution of cruise ship tax revenue, which must show some relationship to service to vessels and passengers even given the longest stretch of interpretation…

Ralph Samuels Holland America Line has named Ralph Samuels vice president of external relations, based in Anchorage, effective August 1, 2008. The appointment was made by Stein Kruse, president and chief executive officer. An Alaska resident and legislator, Samuels will…