Port in the News

Alaska Dispatch News By: Devin Kelly Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said Thursday he has one main request of the state Legislature this session – adding $290 million for the city’s unfinished Port of Anchorage modernization program to a statewide bond package. In a presentation to a bipartisan group of legislators from the Anchorage area, Berkowitz said that […]

A local petroleum company will bring a brand new product to Anchorage this year. Delta Western, Inc. broke ground on their new refined petroleum storage facility at the Port of Anchorage on April 30th, 2015. The first product to be offered will be methanol...

The Port of Anchorage has experienced an increase in overall tonnage in 2014—the first uptick in three years. Containerized cargo and vehicle tonnage across the dock was up four percent over 2013 numbers, based on business numbers reported by the Port's two resident ocean carriers, Horizon Lines, LLC, and Totem Ocean Trailer Express.

Port Director Steve Ribuffo reports an uptick in business investment in 2015 at the Port of Anchorage. Delta Western, a petroleum and lubricants distribution company is scheduled to break ground on a new facility at the port while Alaska Basic Industries will expand their cement operation.

On Friday, November 21, Mayor Sullivan and executive members of the Anchorage Port Modernization Program (APMP) team presented the concept plan for the Port of Anchorage (POA) to the Anchorage Assembly.

The Port of Anchorage POA successfully completed a week-long collaborative Concept Planning Charrette on August 22, 2014. Three concept design alternatives will move forward for development to a 15 percent design level for the Anchorage Port Modernization Program (APMP).