Carlile breaks ground on Tacoma terminal

Carlile Transportation Systems has begun construction of a 60,000-square-foot terminal at the Port of Tacoma in Washington state. The new terminal is intended to improve the services Carlile offers to customers shipping freight to Alaska, and help the company expand its business in areas that do not involve Alaska. The terminal is scheduled to have a rail spur and an 80-door cross dock where trucks will deliver freight on one side and load on the other side. Construction is expected to be completed by late 2005. Anchorage-headquartered Carlile transports cargo to and around Alaska, with five terminals in Alaska, a terminal in Houston and a terminal in Edmonton, Alberta.

Era adds to fleet

Era Aviation has added a fourth de Havilland Dash 8 aircraft to its fleet. The aircraft, to be based in Anchorage, can accommodate up to 37 passengers. With the addition, Era will be able to operate up to seven flights daily between Anchorage and Kodiak. The Dash 8 is a twin-engine, two-pilot, medium-range aircraft with a stand-up cabin and in-flight service. Era also operates nine de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft. Anchorage-based Era Aviation is an Alaska Airlines PartnerShips carrier that serves Cordova, Homer, Kenai, Kodiak and Valdez from Anchorage, as well as 17 villages in Western Alaska from Bethel.

Enterprise opens new branch at Anchorage airport

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has opened of a new branch in the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The branch is open from 6 a.m. to midnight every day. Fourteen people have been hired to fill positions created to service the new branch. St. Louis-headquartered Enterprise has more than 6,000 offices located throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany.

SeaLife Center sees millionth visitor

The Alaska SeaLife Center has welcomed its one-millionth paying visitor. Franklin and Joan Van Oosten from Kalamazoo, Mich., were visitor No. 1,000,000 and No. 1,000,001, respectively, on June 16. The Alaska SeaLife Center presented the couple with a lifetime membership. The center in Seward attracts about 150,000 visitors a year, roughly one-third from Alaska and two-thirds from the rest of the world. It is a nonprofit organization that supports research, rehabilitation, conservation and public education of Alaska's marine ecosystem.

Nerland Agency selected for ChildrenŐs Services campaign

Alaska Children's Trust and the state Office of Children's Services have selected the Nerland Agency as the agency of record for their two-year child abuse and neglect prevention social marketing campaign. The Nerland Agency was selected through a competitive bid process, in which nine agencies competed for the contract. The Nerland Agency is responsible for implementing a campaign that will educate and emphasize personal and community responsibility in the area of child abuse and neglect. The Nerland Agency is a marketing firm based in Anchorage.

Palmer student receives young entrepreneur scholarship

The Young Entrepreneur Foundation of the National Federation of Independent Business has awarded Rory Egelus its Free Enterprise Scholars Award. Egelus, who graduated from Palmer High School, will receive $1,000 in tuition assistance for his post-secondary education. The scholarship program encourages young people to consider a career in small business and pursue their own entrepreneurial endeavors. The Young Entrepreneur Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization promoting the importance of small business and free enterprise to the nation's youth.

Kaktovik student awarded Crowley scholarship

Crowley Maritime Corp. has awarded Darren Kayotuk a Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship based on his academic success, financial need and interest in maritime trades and studies. Kayotuk is an Inupiaq Eskimo from Kaktovik. He is studying in the associated construction trades program at Ilisagvik College in Barrow. Oakland-based Crowley Maritime is a worldwide marine transportation and logistics services company, with operations throughout Alaska.