Many residents work for or in connection to the terminus of the historic trans-Alaska pipeline system, visible across Port Valdez. The town is simply arranged and easy to navigate, with walkable ...

The solution? A pipeline — a stationary, 800-mile-long tube dedicated to delivering oil to a shipping terminal in the year-round port of Valdez. Pipeline-like transports are not new.

After over 60 years of existence, the Port of Alaska is already in the process of the largest change since its inception.