{"id":55609,"date":"2019-11-18T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/angoon-moves-to-hire-private-ship-to-transport-goods\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:30:00","slug":"angoon-moves-to-hire-private-ship-to-transport-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/angoon-moves-to-hire-private-ship-to-transport-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Angoon moves to hire private ship to transport goods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a community meeting Friday evening<\/a>, the City of Angoon announced it would be seeking to charter a private catamaran to move people to and from Juneau before Thanksgiving and possibly after.<\/p>\n

In a notice posted to the city’s Facebook page<\/a>, Angoon Mayor Joshua Bowen said possible trips had been discussed for Nov. 24, 27 and 30.<\/p>\n

“Depending on how many people were interested, we could decide on whether to cap the passengers at 100 which will allow each passenger 100 pounds of freight,” Bowen wrote. “Otherwise, we can do 150 passengers with 50 pounds of freight each.”<\/p>\n

The maximum price would be $65 per person, the post said, depending on how many people buy tickets.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 4, the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced it would be ending service to Angoon, Tenakee, Pelican and Gustavus, Haines and Skagway would receive weekly service and Hoonah twice a month.<\/p>\n