Services
Samson provides bi-weekly barge service to Central and Western Alaska from Seattle. Barges depart Seattle every-other Thursday. Regularly scheduled stops include Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Kodiak, King Cove and Unalaska / Dutch Harbor. Samson will also visit other ports of call and normally calls on Adak, Larsen Bay and Alitak during peak fishing seasons.
Samson sails from Seattle weekly to the communities of Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Prince of Wales, including Craig, KIawock and Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau and our home town of Sitka.
Barge Services
Samson Tug and Barge provides the following shipping options:
- 20 ft dry shipping containers – inside dimensions 19’4″L x 7’8″W x 7’8″H
- 40 ft standard shipping containers – inside dimensions 39’5″L x 7’8″W x 7’9″H
- 40 ft hi-cube dry shipping containers – inside dimensions 39’5″L x 7’8″W x 8’9″H
20 ft and 40 ft shipping platforms, stanchion platforms and other specialty equipment are available. We also transport 5,000 gallon tanks and bulk LPG tanks. Full Load Containerized Refrigerated Cargo: 40 foot Standard and Hi Cube Refrigerated Containers By utilizing our 40 foot refrigerated containers, our customers can transport frozen or hearty chill shipments directly from suppliers to all of Samson’s Alaska destinations. Our refrigerated containers are used to help support our Alaska seafood processing customers. Shipments of Alaskan salmon, crab, halibut, pollock and cod are shipped from all of our Alaskan ports to our Seattle terminal.
KFF service is available during the Winter months. When requested a small heater is placed at the door of the container to keep product from freezing. Barges are equipped with remote monitoring systems, plus on board checks are made at each stop by an on-board specialist to ensure your cargo’s temperatures are maintained.
Charter & Seasonal Services
Interport Connections
Samson can move your cargo beyond our ports of call in Seattle and Alaska. If you need to move cargo in to the interior, we can arrange to have your shipment transported via truck to any destination along the road system. In Seattle, we can provide you with local trucking or arrange to have your cargo delivered to where ever you need it to be delivered.
COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED SERVICE
COMMUNITIES WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO
SERVICE TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES
INTERPORT CONNECTIONS
EXPORT CONNECTIONS
OILFIELD ACCESS
TRUCKING
Samson can move your cargo beyond our ports of call in Seattle and Alaska. If you need to move cargo in to the interior, we can arrange to have your shipment transported via truck to any destination along the road system. In Seattle, we can provide you with local trucking or arrange to have your cargo delivered to where ever you need it to be delivered.