Alaska shipping is its own beast — vehicles cross the lower-48 by truck, then ride a ferry or barge from Tacoma, Seattle, or Bellingham up to Anchorage, Whittier, or Kodiak.
Almost no auto hauler drives a car all the way to Alaska. The standard route is: pick up anywhere in the lower 48, truck to a Pacific Northwest port (usually Tacoma), then load onto a roll-on/roll-off vessel for the 6–8 day sail to Whittier or Anchorage. Total door-to-door time is typically 2–4 weeks.
Anchorage is the dominant pickup/delivery point — over 90% of Alaska-bound vehicles route through Port of Alaska there. Fairbanks adds 360 miles of in-state trucking. Juneau and Ketchikan are barge-only because there's no road in. Kodiak is reachable via separate ferry sailings.
The two real corridors are Seattle/Tacoma ↔ Anchorage (the ocean leg) and 'anywhere in lower-48' ↔ Tacoma (the truck leg). Common combined routes include Los Angeles → Anchorage, Houston → Anchorage, and the Lower 48 ↔ Fairbanks snowbird flip.
Lower 48 to Anchorage usually lands $1,800–$2,800 all-in (truck leg + ocean leg). Add $400–$700 to reach Fairbanks. Enclosed-to-port plus standard ocean transport runs $2,500–$3,800. These numbers move with diesel and Tote/Matson sailing schedules.
October–March means ice on Turnagain Arm and possible Whittier tunnel closures — book 2 weeks ahead in winter. Summer is wide open but sailings book up fast for the Memorial Day → Labor Day RV-and-vehicle migration.