The state says it wants the Malaspina to remain in Alaska. And it wants to avoid what happened to the Taku, which was cut up for scrap.
The state ferry Malaspina sits in layup in Ward Cove near Ketchikan on May 10, 2020.
. It solicited proposals from other interested parties and got three more prospective buyers by the March 7 deadline. “We would be interested in converting the ferry into a floating hotel/restaurant,” Meyer wrote in hisA1945 photo of the the Cordova waterfront property now owned by Greg Meyer and Sylvia Lange of Cannery Row LLC. The couple has proposed to beach the Malaspina on tidelands it owns as a restaurant and hotel. “Cordova has a housing shortage,” Meyer said by phone. “And we have seasonal workers that can never get housing in the summer. So it would help us to stimulate our economy.
“It’s a pretty neat experience to be able to eat a meal on board an old, beautiful vessel,” McConnell added.last year found the firm had bought a historic British ocean liner at auction saying it would be used as a floating hotel in Dubai. But it was broken up for scrap.State looking to avoid a Taku scenario
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