# Bethel (US BET)

**UN/LOCODE:** US BET  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Bering Sea; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 60.8167, -161.7167

No road or railway reaches the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which makes Bethel the indispensable freight gateway for an area the size of a small country. Sitting about 70 river miles up the Kuskokwim from the Bering Sea, the port receives fuel, building materials and general cargo by barge, stores them, and lighters them onward to villages along the upper, middle and lower river and the coast. A nine-acre cargo dock and a tank farm holding more than 14 million gallons anchor the operation, with carriers such as Crowley and Alaska Logistics running it as their regional consolidation point. Traffic is seasonal, confined to the ice-free summer. There is no international container line or customs clearance here; cargo typically routes through Anchorage or Dutch Harbor before reaching Bethel. For forwarders, Bethel is best understood as the last major transshipment step before final delivery into roadless western Alaska.

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