Port in the News

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 […]

By Jeremy HsiehAlaska Public Media “The Don Young Port of Anchorage.” That’s what a panel recommends renaming the city-owned Port of Alaska. There are two changes there: An honorary thing for the man who represented Alaska for 49 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, and a reversion to the place name historically attached to […]

By Zachariah HughesAnchorage Daily News Members of the Anchorage Assembly, with the backing ofMayor Dave Bronson’s administration, passed two important measures this week related to the modernization project at the Port of Alaska. The first ordinance affects the design of the port’s two cargo terminals, which are on track to be built out for maximum […]

By Steve KirchKTUU News The Anchorage Assembly is working on yet another packed agenda, including multiple ordinances related to the Port of Alaska. Containers ships, marine vessels, and cruise ships all call the Port of Alaska home, but the two cargo terminals there are starting to show their age, and Tuesday night, the Assembly took […]

By Jeremy HsiehAlaska Public Media Anchorage officials took two big steps forward Tuesday toward rebuilding the aging and vulnerable cargo lifeline almost the entire state relies on.  Most of the state’s incoming freight, fuel and consumer goods flow through the city-owned Port of Alaska, built in 1961. Corrosion and age are wearing down the sections used for […]