The port is expected to open in May 2026, in time for that summer’s cruise season. It will replace the Alaska Railroad’s passenger dock that officials have said is reaching the end of its life.

The Alaska Railroad is pursuing a $137 million plan to revamp its old cruise dock in Seward, after Royal Caribbean Group committed to a 30-year use of the new dock.

Oct. 30—The City of Seward has won a $46 million federal grant to deliver electricity to cruise ships at a new port being built in the town along Resurrection Bay. The system will allow cruise ...

The Seward Harbor on April 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI) The City of Seward is receiving nearly $45.7 million in federal funding to add shore power to its cruise ship port.

With funding secured thanks to the Alaska House’s approval of House Bill 65 on Feb. 17, Seward, Alaska will soon be home to the Alaska cruise industry’s largest turn port facility.

Alaska Railroad recently approved a plan for construction of a new $137 million cruise ship port in Seward that is expected to open in time for the 2026 cruise season, according to an Anchorage Daily ...

With funding secured thanks to the Alaska House’s approval of House Bill 65 on Feb. 17, Seward, Alaska will soon be home to the Alaska cruise industry’s largest turn port facility.

While Seward is on track to be the second Alaska cruise destination to develop such a system, shore-based power is now available for cruise ships in several major ports along the U.S. West Coast ...

Northwest Alaska Railroad seeks to overhaul Seward cruise terminal Oct. 5, 2019 at 7:00 am Updated Oct. 5, 2019 at 7:02 am ...