# Sitka (US SIT)

**UN/LOCODE:** US SIT  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Alaska-Canada coastal waters; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 57.0500, -135.3333

Alaska Marine Lines anchors freight service to Sitka, running container-on-barge sailings twice weekly from Seattle, with Samson Tug & Barge providing additional capacity. These barges resupply the Baranof Island community with groceries, vehicles, machinery and project cargo, and carry out refrigerated seafood — herring, salmon and halibut — on the return leg. Sitka has no road link to the Alaskan mainland, so the sea route is its only freight artery and there is no inland hinterland. A channel depth of about 8 m keeps the port suited to shallow-draught barge units rather than large container ships. Shipments are typically consolidated through the AML hub in Seattle, with Juneau and Ketchikan as regional alternatives.

## 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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