Last month, the remains of a powerful Pacific typhoon pounded Western Alaska. Typhoon Merbok caused significant flooding all along the thousand-mile coast of the U.S.’s most northern state. In response, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced that it would release $9 million in emergency funds to help Alaska rebuild. Merbok first touched down on the […]
Container Car Shipping: What Is It?
Shipping cars to and from Alaska requires car haulers to work with shipping companies to arrange shipments. There are two ways to ship your car over the ocean: roll-on/roll-off shipping, or RORO, and container shipping. RORO shipping is fairly self-explanatory: someone drives your car onto a ship and sends it off on its journey. But […]
$57M Funds Alaskan Communities
Several communities in Alaska are about to get a boost thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced the infrastructure funding and the Alaskan communities that will benefit. A total of 8 communities will split a total of $57.1 million. The money will go to projects such as road […]