Location
Codes & time
America/Anchorage
Now: UTC-8
Standard: UTC-9
DST from 08 Mar 2026 03:00 AKDT; standard time from 01 Nov 2026 02:00 AKST
Contacts
No contacts researched for Valdez yet. The rescue centre and VHF 16 below always apply.
Nearest rescue centre...
VHF 16distress, safety and calling (156.800 MHz)DSC 70digital selective calling
Active warnings near Valdez
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Valdez at a glance
Rank basis: Cargo throughput 23.1 million t (25.4 M short tons) (2023)
Throughput
- 23.07 million t (25.4 M short tons) (2023) source
Figures change: always confirm limits with the port authority, local notices and your agent before arrival.
Valdez port guide
Valdez in Prince William Sound, Alaska is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; tankers loaded 25.4 million short tons there in 2023 (USACE). Escort tugs are required for laden tankers in Prince William Sound.
Sources
For planning reference only (researched Oct 1, 2026). Always verify against official publications - Admiralty Sailing Directions, List of Radio Signals, local notices and the port authority - and your agent before arrival.
Catalogue harbor data
- Area
- Gulf of Alaska; North Pacific Ocean
- Anchorage depth (m)
- 17.1
- Harbor size (World Port Index)
- Very Small
- Harbor type
- Open Roadstead
- Shelter
- Fair
- LOCODE function
- False
- Raw coordinates
- False
Warnings mentioning this port
Active and archived NAVAREA / coastal messages that reference Valdez in their text.
LNM13-F3F844 - SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA
CoastalUS Coast Guard LNM
SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA General / Miscellaneous West Coast Hopper Maintenance Dredging will be conducting pipeline installation and movement of equipment operations at the East Sand Island (RM 04+00 to RM 15+90) from 19 Oct 2026 through 20 Nov 2
LNM17-DISCREPANCIES - AIDS TO NAVIGATION DISCREPANCIES
CoastalUS Coast Guard LNM
AIDS TO NAVIGATION DISCREPANCIES 90 aids reported with a discrepancy. NAME | LLNR | STATUS | AID TYPE Finger Shoal Lighted Bell Buoy 3 | 27520 | MISSING | FD Cape Alitak Light | 26920 | LT EXT | FD Cape Krenitzen Light 7 | 27285 | LT IMCH | FD Bechevin Bay Buoy 28 | 27390 | MISSI
LNM13-132D49 - SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA
CoastalUS Coast Guard LNM· Archived
SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA General / Miscellaneous West Coast Hopper Maintenance Dredging will be conducting pipeline installation and movement of equipment operations at the East Sand Island (RM 04+00 to RM 06+40) from 19 Oct 2026 through 30 Dec 2
LNM13-B493F9 - SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA RIVER
CoastalUS Coast Guard LNM· Archived
SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, SUBMERGED LAND ACT (SLA) - COLUMBIA RIVER General / Marine Construction (Excluding Bridges) / Dredging Mason Hopper Dredge Bayport will be conducting hopper dredging operations on the lower Columbia River from (RM 03+00 to 105+00) from 12 Jul through 01 Nov