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Alaska Marine Highway

20 crossings between 19 ports in 2 countries. On 18 they are the only operator on the water; on 0 they are the quickest of several; on 0 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Alaska Marine Highway

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

90% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 18 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

20 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 20 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are the only boat

18 crossings with no other operator on record.

Homer – Kodiak not held rate not held 212 km

Juneau – Skagway not held rate not held 134 km

Ketchikan – Wrangell not held rate not held 133 km

Angoon – Juneau not held rate not held 89 km

Bellingham Amtrak Station – Juneau not held rate not held 1326 km

Bellingham Amtrak Station – Ketchikan not held rate not held 962 km

Cordova – Valdez not held rate not held 72 km

Cordova – Whittier not held rate not held 161 km

Gustavus – Juneau not held rate not held 66 km

Haines – Juneau not held rate not held 114 km

Haines – Skagway not held rate not held 25 km

Juneau – Kake not held rate not held 153 km

Juneau – Petersburg not held rate not held 193 km

Juneau – Yakutat not held rate not held 324 km

Ketchikan – Metlakatla not held rate not held 24 km

Ketchikan – Prince Rupert not held rate not held 143 km

Petersburg – Wrangell not held rate not held 52 km

Valdez – Whittier not held rate not held 131 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Alaska Marine Highway crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 20 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.