:: HB 134 set for vote in State House of Representatives
House Bill 134, after a thorough review by the State House of Representatives, is headed to the floor for a vote of the full House membership.
HB 134 was introduced by Rep. John Harris, R-Valdez, and cosponsored by 11 of his legislative colleagues. The bill would give the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) the ability to use the best science and available technology to determine wastewater discharge standards for cruise ships.
Harris said the bill would not diminish water-pollution standards, nor would it stop the implementation of new pollution-control technology. It simply allows cruise ships to meet Alaska's tough water quality standards within feet of the discharge pipe rather than at the point of discharge, as mandated in the 2006 initiative. Cruise ships would continue to have the most advanced treatment systems of all dischargers in Alaska and would only be entitled to a variance from the "end-of-pipe " standard if they...
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:: Shauna Lee: 'Cruise industry trickles down to every man and woman in Alaska'
Name: Shauna Lee
Title: Shore Excursion and Marketing Manager, The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show, Ketchikan.
Her business: We present a live action competition featuring world champion athletes of the sport. The Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show operates five months of the year primarily for cruise ship passengers. We also operate a large...
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Sbauna Lee works the crowd at The Great Alaska Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan.
:: Fairbanks favorite spot for cruise passengers
FAIRBANKS - The cruise industry injects $53 million into the Fairbanks economy each year, contributes $5.8 million to local government in taxes and fees and creates 481 direct jobs in cruise line hotel and tour operations, according to an economic impact study conducted by the McDowell Group.
Fairbanks is visited by nearly all cruise passengers who take in a land tour before or after their cruise. Most cruise visitors to Fairbanks participate in the Riverboat Discovery day cruise on the Chena River; gold dredge tours; and city...
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A visitor favorite in Fairbanks is a stop at the trans-Alaska pipeline, which stretches 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. More than 15 million barrels of oil have moved through the pipeline since startup in 1977.
The 88,500-ton Carnival Spirit returns to Alaska this season, primarily cruising between Whittier and Vancouver. The ship carries 2,124 passengers and a crew of 930.
:: What the 2009 season will bring
Fourteen cruise lines have announced they will dispatch a total of 40 cruise ships to Alaska in 2009. They come in three basic sizes: large to mega-sized ships, mid-size vessels and smaller (yacht-size)...
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To celebrate the anniversary of Alaska's statehood, Holland America is serving salmon 50 different ways.
:: Salmon 50 Ways
In honor of Alaska's 50th anniversary of statehood, Holland America Line is bringing back its popular "Salmon 50 Ways" on its ships in Alaska. Over the course of a seven-day...
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:: Cruise line cutbacks may hurt Railbelt tourism
Source: Anchorage Daily News
By ELIZABETH BLUEMIK
Several cruise lines plan to slash their Alaska itineraries in 2010 with the net result that communities from Anchorage to...
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:: ACA honored for communications
The Alaska Cruise Association, and its communications agency, Marketing Solutions, won two major awards at this year's annual competition sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America, Alaska...
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