Will HAL still dock in Skagway?

[esauer21]

Does anyone know if HAL will continue to dock in Skagway?  We leave Sunday and will be in Skagway next Wednesday.  It seems that it's only the larger ships which are having to avoid this port, but just curious if anyone had heard differently.

 

[Andi Land]

There are 3 docks in Skagway. Last I knew, only one was shut down and it wasn’t the one HAL generally uses. 

[haolenate]

They've shut down both Railroad berths - so Skagway is in a bit of a crunch.  If its windy, then the ships can't drop anchor and tender.   So the cruiselines are sadly having to play this one by ear at departure time from the origination port.

**Juneau resident here, and member of the Skagway chamber**

[oakridger]

The Nieuw Amsterdam on September 28th is, and has been, scheduled to dock at Broadway pier so shouldn't be a problem for that ship.

[esauer21]

17 hours ago, haolenate said:

They've shut down both Railroad berths - so Skagway is in a bit of a crunch.  If its windy, then the ships can't drop anchor and tender.   So the cruiselines are sadly having to play this one by ear at departure time from the origination port.

**Juneau resident here, and member of the Skagway chamber**

Thank you so much!

[tundra1]

We board the ship in Skagway after our land portion of the trip.  I sure hope the Koningsdam will be there waiting for us on the 30th!

[Ottawa traveller]

I am on the Zuiderdam. We docked in Skagway 4 days ago. No problems for us.

[sailaway5]

On 8/9/2022 at 8:45 PM, Ottawa traveller said:

I am on the Zuiderdam. We docked in Skagway 4 days ago. No problems for us.

Glad to hear you didn't have problems.   Was the White Pass Railroad running?  or has the landslide affected them also?  

[Ottawa traveller]

1 hour ago, sailaway5 said:

Glad to hear you didn't have problems.   Was the White Pass Railroad running?  or has the landslide affected them also?  

The Railroad is running. I took the shore excursion. We were bused across town to get the train at the station.   The train picks up the land and sea group in the Yukon and returns them to Skagway for the sea portion.  We saw them on the down train as we were going up.  The trains from Skagway do a return loop. You enter Canada briefly while the train turns around but you can't get off the train in Canada.

[haolenate]

If you wanna check from the horse's mouth, here is the City of Skagway Cruise Schedule.

 

RRA & RRF are the two docks affected.  Everything else is OK.

 

https://www.skagway.org/svd/page/skagway-cruise-ship-arrivals-schedules

[Losnab]

Here is the Skagway schedule updated  8/5:22

 

https://www.skagway.org/sites/default/files/fileattachments/skagway_visitor_department/page/33137/aug_5_2022_update_skagway_cruise_ship_schedule.pdf

Edited August 12, 2022 by Losnab
Grammar

[Homosassa]

On 8/11/2022 at 1:51 PM, sailaway5 said:

Glad to hear you didn't have problems.   Was the White Pass Railroad running?  or has the landslide affected them also?  

If you are on a White Pass Railroad excursion, you may also find that your train for the excursion leaves from the rail siding next to the ore terminal building.

 

Our excursion (Celebrity ship) shared the train with the in port HAL ship. It used the ore terminal siding.