Rob Grune, senior Vice President and General Manager, PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION
Responsible for:
- Bulk Petroleum and Chemical Transportation
- Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) fleet (155,000 to 180,000 bbls)
- US Coastwise, Jones Act product tankers ranging from 240 kbbls to 300 kbbls capable of carrying refined products and easy chemicals
Office located in Jacksonville, FL.
Grune joined Crowley's Seattle office in January 1995, as Director of Strategic Accounts and was named Vice President and General Manager, Ship Assist and Escort. He later moved to Jacksonville as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Puerto Rico/Caribbean Services.
Before joining Crowley, Grune served three years as Manager of Tanker Chartering at Continental-Tosco Limited Partnership in Stamford, CT. He launched his maritime career sailing for Texaco, Inc. as an officer on its U.S. flag tanker fleet from 1980 to 1986. He then served as Economics and Planning Analyst with Texaco in Harrison, NY. In 1989, he took the post of Chartering Manager at OMI Corp.; an independent New York based oil tanker firm.
Grune graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, and received an MBA from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC.
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