Crowley Maritime Corporation

A Crowley Ocean Ranger with a cruise ship employee while monitoring and reporting on the environmental practices on board. marine services. "They exemplify our commitment to moving petroleum and petroleum products efficiently and safely in Alaskan waters and it was just the right thing to do." Again stepping up to fill the needs of Alaska, Crowley was contracted in 2008 to implement and administer the State of Alaska's Ocean Ranger Program by the State's Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). The contract, which was renewed in 2011, directs Crowley to recruit, hire, train and organize placement of Ocean Rangers on board cruise ships to monitor their wastewater discharges and compliance with other pollution requirements for the state. These 20 or so rangers ride along with cruise ship passengers for months at a time during the state's April-throughSeptember tourist season in order to monitor the vessels' compliance with the State's environmental and marine discharge requirements while the vessels are in Alaskan waters. In 2009, Crowley made history again as its 155,000-barrel articulated tug barge (ATB), Sea Reliance/550-1, became the largest of its kind to ever transit Alaskan waters. Under the watchful command of Capt. Scott Murdock, Sea Reliance/550-1 completed a voyage from Martinez, Calif., to Anchorage, carrying a full load of jet fuel. Although other small-cargo ATBs have traveled in Alaska, at the time they were built, nothing rivaled the size of the Sea Reliance/550-1, which measures over 600 feet in length. In keeping with its long history of safe vessel operations, the vessel completed its inaugural trip by transiting through the Inside Passage from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cook Inlet and Anchorage for final discharge, avoiding unnecessary high seas. Onshore, Crowley and Shell Oil Products U.S. completed an agreement to add eight Shell-branded service stations in Anchorage and Eagle River to its wholesale network. The agreement proved yet again that Crowley's ability to supply fuel to residents reaches far beyond water transport. Today, Crowley, acting as the sole wholesale representative for Shell in the state, services 17 Shell-branded retail stations, three of which are owned and operated by Crowley. In addition to providing Shell products to these locations, Crowley also supports the owners of the non-Crowley operated locations to ensure their stores uphold Shell's image standards. "As the wholesale representative for Shell in Alaska, we welcomed the opportunity to add these stations to our dealer network and further our commitment to the fuel needs of Alaskans," said Cox. "Shell continues to be the No. 1 selling Left: The ATB Sea Reliance/550-1 was the first ATB of its size to transit Alaskan waters. 11

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