Transportation & Logistics News

Freight doesn’t move through Alaska the same way it does in the Lower 48. Roads don’t always connect where you expect them to. Weather flips quickly – snow, rain, ice, wind – all on the same day. Most freight must pass through major hubs like Anchorage or Fairbanks before heading to smaller towns or coastal...

Most Alaskans buy the same stuff anyone else does—cereal, laundry detergent, socks, paper towels. But getting those everyday goods onto store shelves involves a freight system that looks nothing like what you’d see in the Lower 48. Roads don’t go everywhere. Weather shuts down ports. Planes, barges, trucks — they all work together, sometimes on...