Alaskan Cruise Ship Hits Dock

When Royal Caribbeans Ovation of the Seas arrived in Sitka Alaska earlier this week cruise passengers were greeted with a recently completed dock expansion.

Alaskan cruise ship hits dock. There were 248 passengers and 33 crew aboard. You will always be tendered to shore as the cruise ship dock has not been put in yet. Has a downtown dock for most cruise lines - while this is at the south end of town it is also where most of the shopping is.

Serenade of the Seas quietly came alongside the Old Sitka Dock just after nine oclock Wednesday morning. The nearly two-year halt to cruising in Alaska until Wednesday a big cruise ship hadnt visited the state since the end of the 2019 cruise season in. This is the dramatic moment a cruise ship packed with sightseeing tourists crashed into a dock in Alaska causing as much as 3 million 2 million in damage.

If youd asked me a couple of months ago if we were going to have a cruise ship coming in by. Sitka Cruise Port. The Celebrity Infinity is on its way back to Vancouver after a storm made for a destructive docking in Alaska.

Empress of the North a 360-foot riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground after striking an island about 49 miles west of Juneau Alaska on May 14. Sitka Alaska Completes Dock Expansion and Welcomes Ovation of the Seas. Plans for a new cruise dock in Juneau Alaska are moving ahead.

Most cruise ships dock at the Old Sitka Dock at Halibut Point 6 miles 97 kilometers north of downtown and a free. Passengers were out on deck and locals were out. Sunday June 5 2016 1118 AM - A botched docking by a major cruise ship has caused millions of dollars in damage at a port in the Alaska Panhandle.

The tender ride is 10 - 15 minutes in length. Posted July 16. Icy Strait Point.