Port in the News

Alaska Journal of Commerce By:  Elwood Brehmer The Port of Anchorage is no more. No, it did not slough off into Cook Inlet overnight, though parts of it have. Rather, the Anchorage Assembly changed its name to the Port of Alaska on Oct. 24, a gesture intended to emphasize the importance of the ailing infrastructure […]

Alaska Dispatch News Author: Devin Kelly The Port of Anchorage is now called the Port of Alaska, after a Tuesday night vote by the city Assembly. The measure sends a message to state lawmakers, said sponsor and Anchorage Assembly chair Dick Traini. Anchorage has been asking the state to help pay for upgrades to the port […]

Public Radio International By Jason Margolis Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as rest of the country — winters in Anchorage are 6 degrees warmer than they were 70 years ago. And that’s impacting life there in many ways, from commerce to recreation to the city’s ability to take in climate migrants. Consider commerce. The Port of Anchorage is […]

Anchorage Press By: TIM BRADNER Anchorage’s port, which serves 85 percent of the state’s population, is falling apart. Corrosion is eating away at steel piles installed that support the docks at the Port of Anchorage. Unless the piling and docks are rebuilt, and there are 1,423 piles, the port will no longer be structurally safe in […]

KTUU News By Dan Carpenter Anchorage (KTUU) An Anchorage Assembly member is seeking to change the name of the Port of Anchorage to the Port of Alaska. Assembly Chair Dick Traini says his motivation for introducing the ordnance next week is to secure funding to make necessary repairs. “The port of Anchorage is already the port of […]

World Cement By: Rebecca Bowden The majority of freight and supplies for the state of Alaska enters through the Port of Anchorage. One of these products is bulk powdered cement. A number of years ago, Alaska Basic Industries, a joint venture between CalPortland and Alaska Sand & Gravel, the terminal owner and operator, looked at various […]

Alaska Dispatch News By: Devin Kelly In about 10 years, the docks at the Port of Anchorage will start closing, crippled by corrosion, unless major repairs are made. But with the clock ticking, it's still unclear who will pay for it, and how. Without a big injection of state or federal funding, officials say the port, […]

KTUU News By: Blake Essig Roughly 85% of statewide infrastructure comes into Alaska through the Port of Anchorage, a port that is nearly 60 years old, covered in rust, and according to city officials, at risk of collapsing into the inlet. "The engineers who do the inspections on an annual basis have told us that we've got about […]

Alaska Dispatch News By : Devin Kelly The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night near-unanimously rolled back a recently enacted safety buffer between the Government Hill neighborhood and new tanks for storing fuel and other hazardous materials at the Port of Anchorage, though such facilities must still pass a public review before being built. Downtown Assemblyman Christopher […]

Alaska Dispatch News By: Alex DeMarban A Hawaii-based transportation company has spent more than $700 million to enter the Alaska market over two years by buying up freight companies and upgrading facilities — just as the state's economy was souring and business was drooping. But officials with Matson on Tuesday said they are taking a long view and […]