This story was originally published in the Alaska Beacon. A Louisiana shipbuilder is proposing to build a replacement for one of the workhorse vessels in the Alaska state ferry fleet. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC submitted a bid of about $350 million to build a replacement for the 62-year-old Tustumena, one of two ocean-going ships in the fleet, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said Tuesday. Thoma-Sea’s bid was …
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