The announcement comes about two weeks after the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority told shipyard operator Vigor it would not renew its contract to run the multimillion-dollar ...
A contractors’ crew working at the Vigor shipyard in Ketchikan crawled through the voids with an ultrasonic scanner, measuring the thickness of the steel. “They have to physically crawl each ...
“After reviewing Vigor’s long-term economic performance, projections, extensive studies, repair budgets, and other documentation relating to the Shipyard, AIDEA has reasonably determined that ...
Gov. Ferguson said converting all the state's jumbo ferries would keep them out of service too long, but the plan to build new hybrid-electric boats will continue.
Citing lower-than-full utilization of the shipyard and increasing unfunded maintenance at the facility under Vigor, the shipyard's owner Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is ...
The two entities released a statement that they have “commenced discussions this week to ensure the Shipyard remains ...