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Winter 2013

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Left: Crowley acquired Taku Oil Sales in September. Core Value: Customer Satisfaction Family Tradition Crowley Expands into Southeast Alaska, Retaining the Personal Touch of Two Family Companies Not long after Crowley got its start in Alaska in 1953 – by barging railcars filled with wood chips from Ketchikan into Prince Rupert, Canada – two families in the same Southeast Alaska region would launch a pair of fuel delivery companies. Over the next six decades, Crowley would grow to become a dominant fuel supplier and freight carrier in the 49th state, thriving in the brutal weather and isolation to serve more than 280 remote communities splashed across the vast land. Itself family and employee-owned, Crowley's Alaska operation cultivated a customer base that included energy companies on the North Slope, frontier villages in Western Alaska and roadside towns in the Interior. Yet the state's panhandle remained out of reach for Crowley's petroleum distribution group. In that maritime region, emerald islands tickle the edges of western Canada and commercial fishermen share the water with cruise ships and yachts. And there, over the decades, Taku Oil story continued on page 14 Over 60 years, Crowley would grow to become a dominant fuel supplier and freight carrier in the 49th state, thriving in the brutal weather and isolation to serve more than 280 remote communities splashed across the vast land. Connections Winter 2013 13

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