Behind the battle for Haines' cruise ship dock

Behind the battle for Haines’ cruise ship dock

In the first week of June, three men flew into Haines to meet with borough manager Alekka Fullerton. They were executives she hadn’t met from a company she hadn’t heard of. As she learned at the meeting, they manage much of the operations at the borough’s cruise ship dock. Their visit makes three large corporations that have started circling Haines’ cruise infrastructure in the span of just a few weeks this spring. It started with an offer in Ap…

Behind the battle for Haines' cruise ship dock

Passengers headed down Haines’ cruise ship dock toward a nearby Holland America cruise ship on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. About 150 people, primarily cruise ship passengers who had disembarked in Skagway, were trapped by a landslide in Canada and then bussed several hundred miles to Haines to rejoin their cruises. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) In the first week of June, three men flew into Haines to meet with borough m…