Port in the News

By Megan Pacer and Patrick Enslow KTUU After seven years pending in the court system, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Thursday ruled in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage in the lawsuit it filed against the U.S. Maritime Administration over the city’s port expansion project. “It’s an enormous vindication of what we’ve been saying all along, […]

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media  Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson says his administration is working to bolster economic development in the city through upgrades at the Port of Alaska. “Today, we are one seismic event away from catastrophic failure of our port,” Bronson said Monday during his State of the City address to the Anchorage […]

By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce If all continues going largely according to plan, the first major piece of a long-sought and badly needed overhaul to the Port of Alaska will be in service by year-end, according to officials. Construction crews are in their second year of work on the new petroleum and cement […]

Anchorage Daily News Author: Morgan Krakow Question: What are the Conex boxes with observation decks on top for? I have seen two locations: one at the city boat launch at the mouth of Ship Creek and the other in the parking area at Northern Lights and Postmark Drive. Just being curious. These shipping containers near the […]

Alaska Native News By Joe Plesha The House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 19, which articulated the need for widespread infrastructure investment in the state of Alaska. The resolution was sponsored by the House Labor and Commerce Committee and identified the areas of need statewide and cited the work of Congress to construct a federal infrastructure […]

Anchorage Daily News Opinion After the terrible devastation COVID-19 wreaked on Alaska’s economy the past year, the one area where Alaska’s elected officials at all levels and of all political parties should reach agreement is getting our economy back on track. The pandemic has killed more than 300 Alaskans and infected nearly 70,000 more, cost […]

By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce A trial is set to commence nearly seven years after Anchorage sued the U.S. Maritime Administration for its role in the botched expansion of the city’s port but there is still a long way between now and a final ruling. The Federal Claims Court trial, being held via […]

Marine Log By: Marine Log Staff Manson Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $9,847,000 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging in the Port of Alaska. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Anchorage, with an estimated completion date of January 26, 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Army) funds […]

KTVA News By: Scott Gross During the summer, looking out into the Port of Alaska in Anchorage, red and white dredge hard at work may be seen. "We've dredged at the Port of Anchorage for probably about over 40 years," operations branch chief for the Alaska district, Julie Anderson, said. "The purpose of the project is […]

Arctic Warrior By Rachel Napolitan USACE Alaska District All summer long, a crimson and white boat moves back and forth through the waters near the Port of Alaska collecting silt, sand and gravel off the seafloor to allow vessels to navigate the harbor in Anchorage. The boat is a dredging vessel called the Westport, operated […]