Pacific Alaska Freightways buys Kodiak Company.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - Southern Alaska Forwarding - Brief article

Pacific Alaska Freightways of Fife, Wash., acquired Southern Alaska Forwarding of Kodiak. The acquisition was completed Jan. 1. The companies have worked together since 1979 when Alain Smith and Ron Sears established Southern Alaska Freightways. Sears, who had started Pacific Alaska Freightways 13 years earlier, saw an opportunity to provide freight service to Kodiak Island. Southern Alaska...