Port in the News

Alaska Dispatch News By: Annie Zak A Tote Maritime Alaska ship that was supposed to depart from Tacoma for Anchorage nearly two weeks ago won’t return to service as anticipated on Wednesday. The North Star, one of the company’s two cargo ships that runs regularly on the Tacoma-to-Anchorage route, did not leave Washington state as scheduled […]

The Maritime Executive By: MarEx A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southern Alaska early on Sunday, and its effects were felt for hundreds of miles from the epicenter. The quake struck at 1:30 AM, at the foot of a mountain chain just west of Cook Inlet, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The Fairbanks-based Alaska Earthquake Center reported […]

KTUU News By: Patrick Enslow While security camera footage at the Port of Anchorage shows lots of shaking, port officials are saying that the infrastructure suffered minimal damage according to preliminary inspection. But the 7.1 magnitude earthquake has still raised concerns over what could have happened to the port under different circumstances. Port director Steve […]

KTVA Alaska By: Eric Ruble ANCHORAGE – Mayor Ethan Berkowitz is asking the Anchorage Assembly to approve funding to pay for a new lobbyist in Juneau. For $70,000, consultant Jim Lottsfeldt would join existing lobbyist Wendy Chamberlain in an effort to convince lawmakers to fund an improvement project for the Port of Anchorage. Officials at the […]

Alaska Dispatch News By: Devin Kelly Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz wants to hire two new lobbyists -- one focusing on the Port of Anchorage, the other on the city’s electric utility -- to influence Alaska legislators during this year’s session in Juneau. According to documents submitted to the Anchorage Assembly this week, Berkowitz is seeking a $65,000 […]

Alaska Journal of Commerce By: Elwood Brehmer Subcontractors are still potentially liable for work done years ago on the disastrous Port of Anchorage expansion project, according to a federal court ruling. U.S. District Court of Alaska Judge Sharon Gleason ruled Jan. 13 that Quality Asphalt Paving Inc. and MKB Constructors, its working partner on the Anchorage […]

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.