As a mainline ferry, Taku served the larger of the inside passage communities (such as Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka), its route primarily stayed between Ketchikan and Skagway in Southeast Alaska.

The M/V Taku plied the waters of Southeast Alaska as a state ferry for more than a half-century, sailing hundreds of miles of the Inside Passage between Skagway and Prince Rupert, British...

2018年3月13日 · The former Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku left Ketchikan Tuesday on what is either its final voyage, or toward its new life as a ferry in another part of the world.

2018年3月15日 · KETCHIKAN — A former state ferry has departed from Alaska after serving in the Alaska Marine Highway System since 1963. The Taku left Ward Cove in southeast Alaska Tuesday morning and is headed...

The Taku was determined to be in excess of state needs for ferry vessels and outside the realm of what the state can afford to maintain and operate in passenger service with available funding. The vessel was constructed in 1963 and faithfully operated as a part of the Alaska Marine Highway System for over 50 years.

2018年4月18日 · The former state ferry Taku sailed past Singapore on Friday on the way to being scrapped. It will go for close to 10 times its purchase price. Listen now

2018年1月23日 · The state of Alaska has sold the ferry Taku, 55 years after the ship became one of the first in the state’s fleet. On Friday afternoon, the 352-foot ship was sold for $171,000 to a Dubai-based...

In its last year of operation in the Alaska Marine Highway System the M/V TAKU held certificates from the United States Coast Guard (USCG), International Maritime Organization (IMO) for compliance with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and International Ships Management (ISM) and was classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

2018年1月19日 · The Alaska Marine Highway System sold the 55-year-old ferry Taku Friday. It will leave Ketchikan in about a month. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) The Alaska Marine Highway System fleet was reduced by one ship as of Friday morning. Ferry officials signed over the Taku to its new owners during a brief ceremony at ferry system headquarters in Ketchikan.

2017年5月11日 · Officials put it up for sale in March, with a minimum price of $1.5 million. But no one responded by the May 9 deadline. Spokeswoman Meadow Bailey said the new minimum bid is $700,000. She said...