Port in the News

By: Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media  The entire project is estimated to cost more than $1.9 billion. Assemblyman Chris Constant, co-chair of the Assembly Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee, said the shock of the latest cost estimate led to a moment of clarity: now, he said, lawmakers hoped an independent analysis could help assess their […]

By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce Anchorage port customers on March 15 affirmed the possibility that self-funding a rebuild of the critical but badly corroded infrastructure they use might drive ultimately business away from the port and Anchorage in general. Municipal and port officials are once again in the midst of an analysis to […]

Anchorage Daily News The Anchorage Daily News asked candidates for the April 2 election to the Anchorage Assembly to answer a series of questions on issues facing those bodies. Many of the questions were suggested by readers. We’re publishing select responses daily. The answers were fact-checked when facts were cited and edited for spelling, grammar […]

  Alaska Journal of Commerce By: Elwood Brehmer Faced with a looming price tag of nearly $2 billion to fix its port, unsavory funding options and competing claims, the Anchorage Assembly is again examining every aspect of rebuilding one of Alaska’s most critical pieces of infrastructure. The Assembly began its third review of plans to […]

KTUU News By Rebecca Palsha Many Alaskans had sticker shock when they saw the updated cost for the Port of Alaska: Almost $2 billion. It prompted many lawmakers and city leaders to rally behind what is essentially an audit of the project. Anchorage Assemblyman Chris Constant organized a special meeting of Municipality of Anchorage Utility and […]

Anchorage Daily News Author: Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce Import charges levied on basic commodities at the Anchorage port could increase fivefold or more if the municipality is forced to rebuild decrepit shoreside infrastructure on its own dime, according to an analysis released last week. The analysis looks at how much Port of Alaska tariffs […]

Anchorage Daily News Letters to the Editor Passing out $2.4 billion in Permanent Fund “make-up” checks sounds like a swell idea. But the Port of Anchorage, the single most important piece of infrastructure in Alaska, is crumbling in want of leadership and $2 billion to refurbish it. What would Venezuela do? — Bob Lacher View […]

Webcenter 11 By John Dougherty A representative from the Port of Alaska discussed proposed dock upgrades during today's Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. Officials say the Port of Alaska in Anchorage will start closing down in 9 years unless the docks are rebuilt. The port was built in the 1960's, and has been needing upgrades […]

Anchorage Daily News Letters to the Editor February 11, 2019 Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed giving Alaska residents an extra $3,678 as “payback” for former Gov. Bill Walker’s capping of PFD checks during the Alaska recession. At the same time, we read that the Port of Alaska — Alaska’s primary marine port for importing food […]

Author: Anchorage Daily News editorial board It’s a hypothetical scenario, but one made somewhat less so by ongoing woes and ballooning cost estimates to fix the shipping terminal that supplies the majority of food, fuel and durable goods to the state: What would happen if the Port of Alaska simply failed? It’s not a pretty picture. “Depending where […]