Published: July 3rd, 2009 11:34 PM
Last Modified: July 3rd, 2009 11:34 PM
KETCHIKAN -- Alaska Ship & Drydock has received the contract to build a new airport ferry scheduled to begin operating in Tongass Narrows in early 2011.
The Ketchikan-based company submitted the low bid of about $7 million to build the Ken Eichner II airport ferry, according to ASD spokesman Doug Ward. The state awarded the basic bid plus two alternate items to the company for a total of about $7.4 million, Ward said.
The new, approximately 116-foot ferry will replace the aging borough ferry Bob Ellis on the short run that links the Ketchikan community with Ketchikan International Airport.
It will be built at the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard.
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