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Petroleum and Cement Terminal

Wrapping up the first phase of PAMP is a significant milestone. Here’s an overview of what it took to complete the PCT.

Survey crews at work before construction begins.

Construction begins with pile installation.

Trucks transfer piles from barge to project location.

Piles are installed using cranes.

Aerial view of early construction at low tide.

Rebar is an important element to the PCT deck to ensure its ability to withstand earthquake shaking.

Concrete pumping and placement.

A rainbow over the worksite.

Concrete is poured to form the PCT platform decking.

Workers use rebar to reinforce the concrete decking.

Workers pour concrete on the platform decking.

Constructing the PCT’s pile-supported dock.

Tarps were used to help the concrete cure in the cold temperatures.

Workers lay the concrete needed for the PCT platform deck.

Workers level concrete decking.

Workers spread concrete under a temporary tent to allow for work to continue during cold temperatures.

Crews level concrete.

Workers place concrete to join the piles to the pile cap for one of the Access Trestle caps.

The PCT trestle and platform decking supported by precast concrete panels and permanent piles.

Installing 144-inch monopiles to support the PCT dolphins.

Installing permanent piles that support the PCT dolphins.

Cranes work to install piles that support the PCT trestle and platform decking.

Constructing permanent piles that support the PCT trestle and platform decking.

Bubble curtains are used during pile-driving activities to protect marine mammals, including the endangered beluga whale.

Constructing the PCT’s pile-supported dock at low tide.

In-progress aerial image of the platform decking being constructed.

Constructing the hose tower and product lines.

PCT product line construction.

PCT product line construction on land.

PCT product line construction.

Aerial view of the new PCT on a sunny day.

Aerial view of the new PCT.

The PCT’s hose tower and crane facilitates the offloading of petroleum products and personnel.

New PCT fenders.

Catwalk leads to breasting and mooring dolphins across icy water.

Breasting and mooring Dolphins serve as satellite locations away from the primary PCT platform that a ship can tie up to.

New mooring and breasting dolphins.

North Extension Stabilization Step 1 (NES1)

The North Extension was originally built in 2009 and deemed a failure in 2012 by the Municipality of Anchorage and its advisors. Construction on the new alignment began in summer 2023 and will be completed at the end of 2025. Photos showing progress will be added.

Aerial view of the North Extension.

Groundbreaking at the NES1 site as a cruise ship comes into the Port.

Soil strengthening in progress for NES1.

North Extension sheet pile failure.

Flag flies from the top of the deep soil mixing equipment at the NES1 construction site.

A derrick barge is used to remove sheet pile pieces from the water.

Workers assist with deep soil mixing for NES1.

Construction in progress for NES1.

Operations continue as usual during NES1 construction.

Armor stone is stockpiled before placement along the new shoreline.

Crews remove sheet piles at the North Extension.

Barges during sunset.

Manson’s derrick barge Valhalla is used for in-water dredging.

Administration building

The work at the Administration Building is complete. Here are some photos to show how it was done.

Foundation and fill testing.

Excavators break ground on the Administration building.

Groundbreaking activities for the Administration Building.

A pile driver breaks ground for the Administration building.

Workers install piles to form the foundation of the Administration building.

Pile cap welding.

Pile cap welding in the snow.

Several piles are installed to form the foundation of the Administration building.

Concrete work begins.

Progress on the Administration Building.

Crews install insulated metal panels on the Administration Building.

Worker cutting framing materials for Administration Building.

A worker installs roofing on the new Administration Building.

Workers begin painting process inside the Administration Building.

Snow falls on the Administration Building in November 2023.

The completed Administration Building.

Environmental

We share Cook Inlet with many marine mammals and prioritize their protection. Take a look at the Port’s residents and how we are using mitigation measures to lessen the effects of construction.

The waterway is home to the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale.

Belugas in the distance.

Belugas at the Port.

Belugas spotted by the newly constructed PCT.

The bubble curtain equipment is moved from pile to pile to help protect sea mammals by reducing underwater pile-driving noise that is released into Knik Arm.

Bubble curtains are generated using large air pumps.

Bubble curtains in action during the PCT construction.

Bubble curtains used during PCT construction.

Close up look at bubble curtains at work.

Bubble curtain around a monopile.

Underwater sound monitoring equipment, known as hydrophones, are used to record sound levels during pile driving.

Workers set up hydrophones.

Workers use hydrophones and keep a look out for belugas. If a beluga is spotted, pile driving will stop.

Marine mammal observers at work during pile driving. Construction will stop if belugas are spotted.

Marine mammal observers.

An eagle enjoys low tide at the Port.

Harbor seals frequent the Port.

Bubble curtains surround piles.

Operations

Cargo activities operate year-round and will remain operational throughout construction. See the Port in action!

Aerial view of Port of Alaska before PAMP.

Fog rolls in across the Port.

The Port supports both cargo and commercial activities.

Cruise buses bring passengers to board the ship.

Passengers exit the cruise ship, supporting Alaska’s important tourism economy.

Aerial photo of the cargo terminal.

Matson is one of two cargo tenants at the Port.

Matson loading operations.

Tote is one of two cargo tenants at the Port.

Tote loading operations.

Onboard the Tote vessel.

The sun sets over the Port.

The PCT trestle and product lines leading to the Cement dome in the snow.

The Port supports important military activities as this Chinook Helicopter is offloaded.

The military uses the Port to transport tanks.

Ice floes at the cargo docks.

Tanker docks in ice.

Tote Midnight Sun docks behind Matson Kodiak.

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