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Transportation and logistics coverage includes the major role Alaska ports, hubs, facilities, terminals and infrastructure provide for freight cargo and exports/imports, plus passenger travel operations. Business editorial focuses on the industries related to Alaska’s ports, harbors, and docks and the goods moved via air, rail, truck, and ocean shipping operations.
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Coast Guard Reminds Boasters of New Engine Cut-Off Switch Law
An engine cut-off switch is an emergency ignition cut-off device that shuts down the engine if the operator is ejected from the vessel or falls overboard.
Pacific Pile & Marine’s Pacific Lifter Heads to Alaska for the Summer Season
The DB Pacific Lifter, the largest floating crane on the West Coast, headed north from Seattle for another season of work at the Port of Alaska.
Coast Guard Opens Seasonal Aviation Support Facility in Cordova
The aviation support facility reduces the response time to the Gulf of Alaska during peak fishing season.
Alaska Airlines Reveals ‘Our Commitment’ Aircraft in Partnership with UNCF
Designed with Alaska’s Air Group Black Employees, Allies and Advocates group to illustrate the airline’s belief in education as the great equalizer and as a critical component of creating sustainable racial equity, the aircraft features fourteen profiles of the next generation of leaders.
New Maritime Response Center on Kodiak to Serve Alaska’s Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim Response Center, offering the collaborative services of three long-standing Alaska businesses, is based in Kodiak to provide maritime resources and spill response to the underserved region of Western Alaska.
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Meeting in the Middle
May 2021
In January, when the Biden administration announced its ban on the future sale of oil and gas leases on federal land, the news understandably ruffled the collective feathers of Alaska’s oil and gas industry.