A tanker truck sits near a Parker Drilling Co. oil rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Four decades after the Trans Alaska Pipeline System went live, transforming the North Slope into a modern-day Klondike, many Alaskans fear the best days have passed. Photographer:
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The Lower 48 has experienced a massive freight recession over the past few years, but the opposite is occurring in one place in the United States: Alaska.
With various North Slope oil production projects just ramping up, the years ahead look very promising for trucking in Alaska.
“This is probably the best trucking has been in Alaska since 2000,” said Jeremy Miller, vice president of operations at Anchorage-based Carlile Transportation Systems, who has been with Carlile since 1998.
Among the new North Slope activities is the ConocoPhillips Willow Project, which the Biden administration approved last year.Willow had been delayed and mired in controversy over its potential …