Corps hosts regional ports conference

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting an Alaska Regional Ports Conference Jan. 10-11.

The conference, to be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, will focus on opportunities to enhance Alaska’s global role, particularly with regard to opening a northern route through the Bering Straits and Chukchi Sea to the Arctic and the great circle route from the Orient through the Aleutian Islands to the U.S. West Coast.

The conference agenda is available at: www.poa.usace.army.mil/en/cw/AGENDA%20Dec%2021%202007.doc.

There is no charge; please contact the project manager, Julie Anderson, in advance to register. Anderson may be reached by e-mail at julie.l.anderson@poa02.usace.army.mil or by telephone at (907) 753-5685.

A working lunch is planned for both conference days. Box lunches can be purchased from the Hotel Captain Cook for $12.50 if they are reserved in advance with the Corps of Engineers.

—Petroleum News