Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, announced a partnership with Alaska Native-owned Huna Totem Corporation to develop a second cruise pier in Icy Strait Point, Huna Totem’s world-class cruise ship destination in Hoonah, Alaska.
BOEM To Lease 1.09 Million Acres Of Cook Inlet Oil & Gas
BOEM today announced it plans to offer approximately 1.09 million acres in Cook Inlet off Alaska’s southcentral coast in a proposed lease sale this year.
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates 120 Million Acres of Critical Habitat for Polar Bears
A federal appeals court today upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s designation of more than 120 million acres as critical habitat in Arctic Alaska for imperiled polar bears. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling reverses a 2013 lower court decision that shot down the habitat designation.
Statoil Exits Alaska To Optiomise Its Exploration Portfolio
Statoil is optimising its exploration portfolio and has decided to exit Alaska following recent exploration results in neighbouring leases.
U.S., Alaska Says Will Not Seek Additional $92 Mln From Exxon For Valdez Spill
U.S. and Alaska state officials announced on Wednesday they will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill nearly three decades ago.
Five Chinese Ships In Bering Sea As Obama Visits Alaska
Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in an apparent first for China’s military that came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the U.S. state.
Alaska’s Biggest Crane Arrives at Kodiak
Matson, Inc., a leading U.S. carrier in the Pacific, took delivery of a new 65-ton gantry crane to replace one half its size at the company’s Kodiak Terminal.
Shell’s Arctic Icebreaker Damaged In Alaska
Shell’s drive to resume Arctic drilling this summer has hit another speed bump, with the discovery of a hole in the hull of an ice management vessel meant to safeguard the company’s operations in the Chukchi Sea.
Arctic Oil Rig Departs Seattle-Area Port Despite Protest
U.S. Coast Guard and police boats cleared a way through protesters in kayaks at a Seattle-area port on Tuesday so Royal Dutch Shell’s second of two Arctic drilling rigs could depart for Alaska.