Fox 4 KTBY Anchorage
By: Gretchen Parsons

The Port of Anchorage services 85-percent of Alaska’s population and connects marine, highway, rail and air cargo systems that go to 200 different communities in Alaska.

The structures have reached their useful life spans and one of the most impactful facilities in the state could be compromised.

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http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/problems-with-the-port/article_b0442d5e-127b-11e6-8ffc-9f6e9ef0eeb1.html

Fox 4 KTBY Anchorage
By: Gretchen Parsons

The Port of Anchorage services 85-percent of Alaska’s population and connects marine, highway, rail and air cargo systems that go to 200 different communities in Alaska.

The structures have reached their useful life spans and one of the most impactful facilities in the state could be compromised.

View Full Story Here:
http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/problems-with-the-port-pt/article_1e599970-11b2-11e6-b679-7feff6b0a6ec.html

YourAlaskaLink.com
By: Gretchen Parsons

The Port of Anchorage services 85-percent of Alaska’s population and connects marine, highway, rail and air cargo systems that go to 200 different communities in Alaska.

The structures have reached their useful life spans and one of the most impactful facilities in the state could be compromised.

View Full Story Here:
http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/problems-at-the-port/article_d43be194-10f4-11e6-9adb-cf2733ccea1f.html

Alaska Mega Machines – Season 1 Episode 2

The Yeti, a machine with 588 sharp teeth, helps keep the coldest airport in America running. Mighty tugboats chew through ice chunks in the busiest port in Alaska. And soldiers become Arctic Warriors in the coldest army post in the country.

• 44 min
• TV-PG
• Premiered ‎5‎/‎4‎/‎2016

KTVA News
By: Eric Ruble

ANCHORAGE – Aside from terminal additions in the 1970s, the Port of Anchorage has largely remained the same in the 54 years since the first dock was finished. A journey underneath the port — to both the terminals constructed in 1962 and the ‘70s — reveals the dilapidated state of the structure.

“In many cases, the welds start to fail,” said Todd Cowles, the port’s engineer, pointing out a corroded pile, or pillar, under Continue reading →

Alaska Public Media
By: Zachariah Hughes

As aggressive corrosion rapidly degrades the Port of Anchorage, its funding future is in the hands of Juneau lawmakers. Funding for construction and rehabilitation of port infrastructure was the only financial request of the mayor’s administration in Anchorage for this session. But the possibility of action on a major spending project, even one most see as critical and inevitable, is nearly impossible according to lawmakers on both sides.

Trying to follow major spending request Continue reading →

Alaska Public Media
By: Zachariah Hughes

The Port of Anchorage is literally coming apart, threatening to upend the state’s essential supply chain in what officials have called “a slow motion disaster.”

Every year, millions of taxpayer dollars are spent simply coping with the aggressive corrosion of the port’s most basic infrastructure. But without hundreds of millions to pay for major rehabilitation work, the nexus point for most of the state’s fuel, food, and building supplies  Continue reading →