Port in the News

KTUU NewsBy Joe Allgood After over 60 years of existence, the Don Young Port of Alaska is already in the process of the largest change since its inception. As part of the Port of Alaska Modernization Program, a contract for over $800 million in work was awarded by the municipality of Anchorage for a new terminal, […]

Anchorage Daily NewsBy Zachariah Hughes The Anchorage Assembly approved two measures this week that clear a path for funding and finishing a longstanding overhaul of the state’s main port facility. “If you’ve been on the journey of the Port for the past decade, you know these two items represent significant milestones,” Assembly Vice Chair Meg Zaletel […]

KTUU NewsBy Jonson Kuhn More than $807 million in Port of Alaska cargo terminal upgrades were approved Wednesday by Anchorage Assembly members, after Anchorage’s mayor dismissed a rejected bidder’s “serious concerns” about the process. The project, awarded to Manson/Michels Joint Venture and slated to begin next year as part of the port’s modernization project, includes supporting […]

Anchorage Daily NewsBy Emily Goodykoontz A federal appeals court panel has overturned a previous decision that awarded more than $367.4 million to the Municipality of Anchorage in its lawsuit against the federal government over failed construction work at the Don Young Port of Alaska. In an opinion issued Monday, a panel of judges with the […]

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), announced today that six coastal communities in Alaska will receive more than $104 million in investments this year for critical port and maritime infrastructure. These grants, funded by both annual appropriations and the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), […]

By Emily GoodykoontzAnchorage Daily News The Anchorage Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed three measures critical to moving ahead with the modernization project at the Don Young Port of Alaska, including approval of an expanded design for cargo terminal two. Wednesday’s votes ended a nearly two-year-long debate over whether to move ahead with the more expensive […]

By Emily GoodykoontzAnchorage Daily News As the Municipality of Anchorage presses forward with the massive modernization project at the Don Young Port of Alaska, city officials say that construction of the first cargo dock terminal will likely be delayed, and much of that work won’t start next summer as previously intended. That’s because the city […]

KTUU NewsBy Lauren Maxwell An issue that temporarily held up funding for the modernization project at the Don Young Port of Alaska has been resolved with the federal government, according to port officials. The massive project, expected to cost between $1.8 to $2 billion, will include two new modern cargo terminals when it’s completed over […]

Anchorage Daily NewsBy Emily Goodykoontz Construction crews at the Don Young Port of Alaska on Wednesday began work on the next phase of the massive port modernization project, after the Municipality of Anchorage received a long-awaited federal environmental approval that unlocks tens of millions of dollars in grant funding. In late April, an unexpected delay […]

Anchorage Daily NewsBy Emily Goodykoontz The Anchorage Assembly has renamed the Port of Alaska after late U.S. Rep. Don Young. Members on Tuesday voted on a new name — the Don Young Port of Alaska — after a monthslong back-and-forth. Before members ultimately approved the new name in a 10-2 vote, Tuesday night’s debate devolved […]