Port MacKenzie.

• Author: Gallion, Mari
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

A new international export for Alaska is moving across the docks at Port MacKenzie and drawing the interest of global buyers from Japan and South Korea.

Billesborg, a Singapore-flagged vessel with two cranes capable of 100-ton lifts each, was at Port MacKenzie in November loading some 8,000 tons of scrap steel bound for South Korea. Two gold dredges from Fairbanks, a local barge, and 11 200-300-ton fishing boats from Seward were also among the cargo. Dockage and wharfage fees generated for the Borough amount to some $30,000. A few dozen local jobs were created. The ship left Nov. 15 for South Korea.

The effort is a test...