During the same decade, Crowley was
also involved in several other notable
civil construction projects, including
the North-South runway at Ted Stevens
Anchorage International Airport, many
miles of highways, and Duck Island,
the first gravel drilling island in the
Beaufort Sea for Exxon, proving that
the company's worth stretched beyond
pipeline support.
In the late 1970s, Crowley's Mukluk
operation expanded its fleet to include
large vacuum and water trucks to
service rigs drilling in the Prudhoe Bay
field. A Mukluk affiliate called Oilfield
Services, Inc., was formed to provide a
variety of land-based services for the oil
industry and Crowley became the marine
contractor for Alaska Clean Seas, an oil
industry spill response cooperative funded
by North Slope producers and Alyeska.
Crowley was also
involved in several other
notable civil construction
projects...proving that
the company's worth
stretched beyond
pipeline support.
Mukluk trucks are loaded with 48-inch pipe
destined for the trans-Alaska pipeline. Mukluk
Freight Lines was owned and operated by Crowley
until 1987. Top Right: Crowley's alert class tugs
are equipped for firefighting, emergency response
and oil spill recovery, and have the ability to hold
up to 43,000 gallons of recovered oil.
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