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Article: Going Dutch: a public/private-sector partnership is expanding Dutch Harbor's city dock. (marine facilities update)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- April 1, 1991
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Going Dutch A public/private-sector partnership is expanding Dutch Harbor's city dock.
In the Aleutian Islands at the boundary of the Pacific Ocean and Bering sea sits Dutch Harbor, the nation's No. 1 fishing port for 1989. The major support center for the Bering Sea fishing industry, the community of Unalaska, home of the seaport, is also a major world transshipment center in the making.
To help fulfill that promise, the Unalaska city government and two private firms - Sea Land Service and Petro Marine Services - have joined forces to expand the city's dock. The project resulted from a recognized community need for more public dock space.
While ...