AMERICAN Cruise Lines is facing a range of local opposition in its goal to expand cruising in Alaska. Last year was American’s biggest season in the state (CW 08 Jan 2025), and the cruise line has designs to expand further in Alaska in the coming years. American is hoping to...
AMERICAN Cruise Lines is facing a range of local opposition in its goal to expand cruising in Alaska.
Last year was American’s biggest season in the state (CW 08 Jan 2025), and the cruise line has designs to expand further in Alaska in the coming years.
American is hoping to build and develop a number of docks around Alaska, however, many towns are baulking at the cost – both financial and otherwise, reports Alaska Public Media.
The cruise line recently pulled a US$4 million proposal to rebuild a dock in Haines in Southeast Alaska amid a wave of pushback from locals.
Residents voiced concerns about American’s ships displacing locals from the dock and clogging up the narrow cove, which is located at the end of the Inside Passage.
Meanwhile, the border town of Petersburg is negotiating a deal which may see American lease waterfront land and build its own private dock.
