Crowley Maritime Corporation

14 Becoming a Free Trade Zone allows Crowley to offer additional services and benefits to both domestic and international customers ... These expanded capabilities and services allow us to work with new customers that we were not able to serve in the past. Helping Veterans During a visit to the company's marine terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in December 2013, Tom Crowley spoke to more than 120 veterans during the Crowley-sponsored Military-to-Maritime Forum, a U.S.-flag maritime career event for veterans. Attendees learned about the industry's need for more Jones Act mariners, steps veterans could take to become qualified Jones Act merchant mariners, and the boom of vessels being built in the U.S. Crowley has a rich history of employing military veterans both at sea and on land. For example, Puerto Rico native Hector Guzman began his career at Crowley as an able- bodied seaman, or AB, shortly after completing his service in the U.S. Navy. "With what I knew from the Navy, it was pretty easy for me to get the AB ticket from the Coast Guard," he says. Crowley pretty much hired me on the spot." Guzman, who now works as a docking master at the company's Isla Grande terminal, says his Naval training has served him quite well at Crowley, especially in regards to teamwork. "You learn to work as a team [in the Navy]," he says. "You've got to have the same 'can do' attitude Crowley promotes. But if you don't already have that attitude, Crowley will you help you achieve it." "Becoming a Free Trade Zone allows Crowley to offer additional services and benefits to both domestic and international customers," says Ayesha Diaz, general manager, logistics. "These expanded capabilities and services allow us to work with new customers that we were not able to serve in the past." Under the new FTZ designation, customers who utilize Crowley's building No. 11 warehouse for imports would not be charged quotas or duties on cargo that is re-exported or on expired goods or those deemed defective or damaged. Additionally, in the event the cargo consists of spare parts, no duties would be paid until the parts are used. Additionally, imported merchandise for which a quota is filled or for which a quota on entry is established, may be held in the zone until the quota opens or is removed. Bringing Clean, Affordable LNG to Puerto Rico In March of 2014, Crowley announced a partnership with Coca-Cola Bottlers (CC1 Companies, LLC) in Puerto Rico. The company's subsidiary, Carib Energy, inked a multi-year deal to supply containerized, U.S.-sourced LNG for the bottling company. The terms of the deal includes the fuel supply and transportation of LNG to two of the manufacturer's plants in Cayey and Cidra, Puerto Rico, which will provide both facilities with substantially lowered emissions and an alternative to their current fuel source, diesel. Other benefits include an uninterrupted fuel supply due to the abundance and availability of U.S.-sourced LNG. "We are very pleased to start working with Crowley towards bringing alternatives for cost effective sources of energy into our island and, in the process, provide a better footprint in our industrial projects by lowering our emissions," says Julio Bravo, vice president of CC1 Companies. "CC1 Companies is committed to looking at all alternatives that will help us maintain our competiveness as manufacturers and provide our island with more cost effective sources of energy in order to continue growing as manufacturers of products for Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S. We understand the great opportunities in using LNG and hope to be one of many to encourage the demand and reliable supply of such sources of energy." Ayesha Diaz, general manager, logistics, at Crowley's port terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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