# Kotzebue (US OTZ)

**UN/LOCODE:** US OTZ  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Chukchi Sea; Arctic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 66.9167, -162.5833

Barge delivery is what makes Kotzebue (US OTZ) viable, replacing costly air freight as the seasonal supply route for Alaska's Northwest Arctic Borough on the Chukchi Sea. With the approach channel only about 1.8 m deep, ocean tankers anchor some 16 km offshore and Crowley transloads fuel by shallow-draft tug and barge into a 23-million-litre tank farm, then carries it onward to villages up the Kobuk and Noatak rivers. Alaska Marine Lines brings general cargo and construction materials during the ice-free season, so Kotzebue works as a regional resupply hub rather than a commercial trade port. There is no container, customs or liner service; longer-haul shipments stage through Nome, Anchorage or Dutch Harbor.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Los Angeles → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shanghai)
- [Los Angeles → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shenzhen)
- [Los Angeles → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-guangzhou)
- [Los Angeles → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-hong-kong)
- [Los Angeles → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-tokyo)
- [Los Angeles → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-busan)

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