Juneau’s open to any good ideas on how to tug away tugboat

JUNEAU, Alaska — Juneau officials are looking for cost-effective ideas for how to remove a tugboat stranded in the channel next to the southeast Alaska city.

The Juneau Empire reported Saturday that the docks and harbors department sent out a request for information to remove, salvage or dispose of the 107-foot (33-meter) tugboat Lumberman.

The tugboat has been stuck on a sandbar in the Gastineau Channel since May 2018 after it drifted when its anchor line broke.

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The Alaska channel where the vessel is stuck under a patchwork of state, federal, and City and Borough of Juneau jurisdictions.

The U.S. Coast Guard removed the vessel’s fuel last year.

The city does not have a legal requirement to remove the boat, but Juneau officials say they are concerned that delaying the effort could lead to higher expenses later.

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