AMHS Serves All of Alaska.

• Position: ALASKA TRENDS - Alaska Marine Highway System - Report - Statistical data

Communities, businesses, and individuals statewide take advantage of the Alaska Marine Highway System's ports of call that span from Southeast to Southwest Alaska. To help our readers better understand the impact of the Alaska Marine Highway System, we present information from The Economic Impacts of the Alaska Marine Highway System as compiled by McDowell Group (using 2014 data) and presented to the Alaska House of Representatives in February.

Alaskan Ridership

AMHS carried residents from 175 communities. Anchorage and Mat-Su residents accounted for 20,000 bookings and 15% of revenue from Alaskans.

AMHS Ports

* Communities Utilizing AMHS

Visitors and AMHS

More than half (51%) visit Anchorage, S0% visit Juneau, 36% visit Denali, 36% visit Ketchikan, 35% visit Skagway, 32% visit Haines, 26% visit Seward, 25% visit Fairbanks, 23% visit Homer, and 22% visit Valdez.

AMHS Freight

In 2014 AMHS transported...

* 13,110 vehicles w/o drivers

* 4,320 RVs

* 3,862 container vans

* 2,269 non-motorized vehicles

* 115 ATVs

* 18,016 pets/livestock

AMHS Traffic: Southwest System Embarking Passenger Traffic, Top 10 Southwest Ports, 2014 20,543 Whittier 15,126 Homer 12,788 Valdez 12,054 Cordova 11,256 Kodiak 2,467 Seldovia 1,288 Port Lions 587 Ouzinkie 558 Dutch Harbor 490 King Cove Note: Table made from bar graph. Total Employment/Wage Impacts Total Wages: $103.7 million Indirect/induced $38.7 M Direct wages $65.0 M Total Jobs: 1,700 Indirect/induced 683 Direct employment 1,017 Note: Table made from pie chart. Operations: By Category Total...