The Port of Anchorage.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

The Port of Anchorage experienced an increase in overall tonnage in 2014--the first uptick in three years. Containerized cargo and vehicle tonnage across the dock was up 4 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. And all indicators point to 2015 getting off to an equally good start.

Port Director Steve Ribuffo also reports that fifteen fuel tankers called on the Port of Anchorage in 2014, compared to only five in 2013. The total related quantity represents a 59 percent increase in fuel delivered over the dock when compared to 2013. The fuel arrives by tanker or barge and travels through one of the nine petroleum offload headers on the two dedicated petroleum docks. The main petroleum suppliers with facilities at the...