Valdez (pronounced /vælˈdiːz/) is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska.
Valdez is a fishing port, for commercial and sport purposes. Freight moves through Valdez, utilising the year-round ice-free harbour, bound for the interior of Alaska. Sightseeing of marine life and glaciers, togeth...
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Valdez (pronounced /vælˈdiːz/) is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska.
Valdez is a fishing port, for commercial and sport purposes. Freight moves through Valdez, utilising the year-round ice-free harbour, bound for the interior of Alaska. Sightseeing of marine life and glaciers, together with both deep-sea fishing, and heli-skiing support a tourist industry in Valdez. The oil from the Trans-Alaska pipeline is loaded onto ships at the Valdez oil terminal. It is sometimes called the Switzerland of Alaska.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is one of the primary employers in town but it started to move several positions to its headquarters in Anchorage, after the town council passed a resolution levying a tax on all tankers coming into the port to be loaded with oil, which has had an impact in the population size and the economy...
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