Port in the News

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 […]

By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce A federal judge denied the U.S. Maritime Administration’s motion for judgment in Anchorage’s lawsuit against the agency over more than $300 million in failed construction at the city’s port done more than a decade ago. U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Edward J. Damich rejected the Maritime Administration’s […]

KTVA News By: Dave Leval There's a lot of hammering at the Port of Alaska, as crews work on the dock that will house the new Petroleum and Cement Terminal. "What we're seeing behind us is the ability for to move petroleum and cement as we rebuild the state, as we build into the future," said Anchorage […]

Anchorage Daily News By: Marc Lester Many of the Alaska’s most popular musical artists performed Tuesday at the Ship Creek small-boat launch, though no large crowd gathered to see them. Videos captured there will become the AK4AK virtual music festival, which will debut online starting at 6 p.m. May 1. Organizers, including Showdown Productions and […]