1963-1972

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• Crowley completed the first Arctic sealift of oil industry cargo around the perimeter of Alaska to Prudhoe Bay 
• Crowley's 1970 transport of 187,000 tons of cargo to Prudhoe Bay was the largest commercial sealift in maritime history.
• By the end of 1970, 15 400-foot barges had been built to carry railcars, pipe and other cargo 
• Between 1968 and 1970, five new tugs were designed and built with simplified engine rooms to lessen the number of crewmen required from 12 to eight 
• In the 1960s, Crowley was called on by oil industry officials to help tame the waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska by rafting tugs together to supply the necessary horsepower to set the oil exploration platforms and furnishing a supply boat and crew boat services 
• In 1971, Crowley expanded oil industry support operations to Singapore to work in the Indonesian oil patch 
• 1971 - A weekly roll on/roll off freight service between Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico and from the U.S. Gulf to Puerto Rico was developed 
• In May of 1970, Crowley initiated services to ferry passengers across the San Pedro channel