Door-to-door Tanaina car shipping on the Anchorage relay, with closing dates held at the terminal, new streets met at the entrance, and real bands.
Ship A Car, Inc. arranges door-to-door vehicle transport for Tanaina, the community north of Wasilla where the subdivisions of the past twenty years fill the flats between the Parks Highway and the lakes, the new streets are paved to the entrance and gravel past it, the schools brought the young families, the commute to Anchorage runs an hour and more down the Glenn, and the Anchorage terminal, where the car lands, is that same hour away. Your car rides with a licensed, insured carrier we vet before it is assigned, and then with an ocean carrier on a booked sailing.
A Tanaina move is the Anchorage relay with a short last leg: a truck brings the car to the Port of Tacoma, a weekly sailing lifts it to Anchorage in three to seven days, and the car either waits at the terminal for you to collect or rides up the Parks on a truck that meets a new street at its paved entrance. Door to door, plan on one to two weeks from Puget Sound and three to five weeks from most other lower-48 origins. Families closing on a new build, two-car households arriving for the schools, base families who chose the valley, and households heading back south are the shipments we see most. The paved streets take the truck to the door; a subdivision still under construction meets it at the entrance, a gravel road meets it at the pavement, agreed at booking, and a closing that slips holds the car at the terminal until the keys.
Speak with a coordinator now at (866) 821-4555 for pickup or delivery at any address in Tanaina, Wasilla, Meadow Lakes, or Big Lake, or price the exact route in seconds with the instant calculator.
For statewide corridors, seasonal notes, and pricing, see our complete Alaska car shipping guide.
New-build buyers ship to a closing date that can slip, so we time the sailing to land after the keys and hold the car at the Anchorage terminal if the closing moves.
A street with equipment on it and gravel past the entrance is no place for a loaded rig, so those addresses get a meeting point at the paved entrance fixed when you book.
Enter your lane, vehicle, and dates in the instant calculator and dispatch books from that figure, trucking and sailing shown as two parts. One coordinator handles the move from booking to the delivery inspection.
A Tanaina quote is trucking to Tacoma, the sailing to Anchorage, and the hour up the Parks if you want it. Five things move your number:
The price question comes first on every Tanaina call. Alaska books enough orders on the two Puget Sound lanes for a reliable middle, so the bands below are standard-sedan orders between Seattle or Tacoma and Alaska that we have booked since 2023, trucking to the Tacoma terminal and the sailing north to Anchorage, shown as the middle of the market rather than the cheapest or the most expensive order.
Planning figures, not a quote. A lower-48 origin beyond Puget Sound adds the trucking to Tacoma, the hour up the Parks adds a short leg, and a pickup or a non-running car prices above a sedan. For the real number on your route use the instant calculator or call (866) 821-4555. No deposit is taken until a carrier is assigned to your move.
They filled the flats north of Wasilla in twenty years, paved to the entrance and gravel past it.
They brought the young families, and half the moves in are for them.
They sit at the edge of every subdivision, and their drives meet the truck at the top.
Anchorage and the terminal are an hour and more down the Glenn, and most households collect the car there.
Please note: Estimates on this page are middle-of-the-market bands for standard sedans from Alaska lanes booked since 2023, trucking to Tacoma plus the sailing to Anchorage; the guide figures are published planning ranges. Season, origin, vessel schedule, and vehicle change the real number, and your calculator quote is the accurate figure.
