Port of Anchorage

Geobox|Port
name=Anchorage
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image_caption=Oblique aerial view of the Port of Anchorage, Alaska
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district_type=Township
district=T13-14N,R3-4W Seward Meridian
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established = 1961
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owner=Municipality of Anchorage
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leader_type=Port Director
leader=William Sheffield
leader1_type=Deputy Port Director
leader1=Stephen Ribuffo
leader2_type=Port Engineer
leader2=Todd Cowles, P.E.
leader3_type=Director, Finance & Administration
leader3=Edward Leon
leader4_type=Manager, Operations/Maintenance
leader4=Stuart Greydanus
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postal_code_type=ZIP code
postal_code=99501
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area_code= +1 907
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free_type=Annual Tonnage | free=2,926,536 | free_note=(2006)
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map_caption=Location of Anchorage in Alaska
map_background =
map_locator=Alaska
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map1=Map of USA AK.svg
map1_caption=Location of Alaska in the United States
commons=Anchorage, Alaska
statistics=http://WWW.Muni.Org/port/faq.cfm
website=http://WWW.Muni.Org/port/, http://PortOfAnchorage.Org/
footnotes = The Port of Anchorage is the most active port in the U.S. state of Alaska, through which 95% of all (non-petroleum) cargo in and out of Alaska passes. It is located just north of Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage on the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean.

Geography

The Port of Anchorage spans across the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet on the Pacific Ocean.

Annual Container Traffic

See also

*List of North American ports
*List of ports in the United States

Notes

References

General References

*Cite web
title=Frequently Asked Questions
publisher=Port of Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
url=http://portofanchorage.org/fa_list.html
format=HTML
*Cite web
title=Tides and Currents - Port of Anchorage
publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce
url=http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/akports/akports.shtml?port=ak
format=HTML
*United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Department of Defense:*Cite web
title=Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
publisher=Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Department of Defense
url=http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm
format=HTML:*Cite web
title=Civil Works Branch
publisher=Alaska District, Pacific Ocean Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Department of Defense
url=http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/en/cw/index.htm
format=HTML
*Cite web
title=USGS GNIS query
publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
format=HTML

External links

* [http://www.muni.org/port/index.cfm Port of Anchorage]
* [http://www.portofanchorage.org/ The Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Project]