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Alaska Marine Lines will begin weekly barge service between Cordova and Seattle in April.
The announcement in late December from the Seattle-based shipper, a subsidiary of Lynden Inc., has brought praise from Cordovans and area fish processors who say freight rates to and from the roadless Prince William Sound community should drop sharply.
Alex McKallor, president of Alaska Marine Lines in Seattle, said his company made the decision to come to Cordova largely based on the support from area residents and seafood processors.
"We spent a lot of time talking to them and felt in the long run this will be good for Cordova," McKallor said.
Alaska Marine Lines will build a new $1 million dock for its barges and will invest another $3.5 million for 100, 53-foot long refrigerated containers to transport its share of the more than 30 million pounds of salmon, halibut and black cod processed from the Prince William Sound area, McKallor said.
Permitting and construction issues may delay dock construction somewhat, but the first scheduled sailing from...