92 Crowley Vessels Honored with Environmental Awards from the Chamber of Shipping of America
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 30, 2011) – Crowley Maritime Corporation’s continued focus on environmental preservation and protection was recently recognized by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) in Washington, D.C., with certificates of environmental achievement for 92 vessels that are owned and/or operated by Crowley businesses.
The awards ceremony recognized companies with vessels that had achieved a record of two or more years of no recordable environmental incidents. Crowley companies, including Crowley Liner Services, Crowley Marine Services, Crowley Petroleum Services, Crowley Puerto Rico Services, Crowley Technical Management Services, Marine Transport Lines and Marine Transport Management, far surpassed this benchmark with a combined total of 975 years of environmental excellence among its recognized vessels.
In total, 1,181 ships and 71 companies were honored. Crowley owns or operates 47 of the 241 vessels that have logged more than 10 years each of environmental excellence.
“Safety, which includes environmental protection, is our company’s most important core value,” said Tom Crowley Jr., chairman, president and CEO. “I am extremely proud of the men and women here at Crowley who are providing leadership in this area by not only taking responsibility for their own safety, but who are also safeguarding those around them, our customer’s cargo and the environment.”
Joseph J. Cox, president of CSA said, “These awards celebrate the dedication to environmental excellence of our seafarers and the company personnel shoreside who operate our vessels to the highest standards. In today’s world, it seems our industry only gets front-page news when spills or other environmental problems occur. It is encouraging to see how many vessels go for years achieving environmental excellence. It should be clear to the American public that we in the maritime industry take our stewardship of the marine environment very seriously.”
Each year the awards are open to all owners and operators of vessels that operate on oceans or inland waterways. A list of the vessels that received the 2011 Environmental Achievement Award is also posted on CSA’s website.
Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 119-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company. The company provides project solutions, transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response through its TITAN Salvage subsidiary; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales. Additional information about Crowley, its subsidiaries and business units may be found on the Internet at www.crowley.com.
Caption, top: Jan Genemanns, chief officer, MV Cape Washington, accepted awards on behalf of all of Crowley’s vessels.
Caption, bottom: Crowley’s John Tronti, director of contract operations, petroleum services, accepts an awards on behalf of the MTL Ready Reserve Force vessels.
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The following is a list of vessels owned or operated by Crowley, or one of its subsidiaries, that received environmental excellence awards from the CSA:
Crowley Liner Services
MV DEFENDER
MV PILOT
MV SENTRY
MV ENSIGN
MV EXPLORER
MV MONITOR
MV PATRIARCH
MV PIONEER
MV SENTINEL
Crowley Marine Services
ADMIRAL
ACRTIC HAWK
ENDURANCE
GOLIAH
KALLUK
KAVIK RIVER
KUPARUK RIVER
LEADER
M/V GUARDIAN
MV CENTURION
MV CHIEF
MV CRUSADER
MV GAUNTLET
MV GUARD
MV GUIDE
MV HUNTER
MV MARINER
MV MARS
MV NAVIGATOR
MV PT BARROW
MV PT. THOMPSON
MV SEA BREEZE
MV SEA HORSE
MV SEA VENTURE
MV SPARTAN
MV TIOGA
MV WARRIOR
PROTECTOR
PT OLIKTOK
RESPONSE
SAG RIVER
SATURN
SCOUT
SEA VOYAGER
STALWART
TANERLIQ
TUG ALERT
TUG ATTENTIVE
TUG AWARE
TUG BULWARK
TUG ENDURANCE
TUG INVADER
TUG NANUQ
VALOR
Crowley Petroleum Services
ATB ACHIEVEMENT/650-8
ATB COASTAL RELIANCE/550-4
ATB COMMITMENT/650-6
ATB COURAGE/650-5
ATB GULF RELIANCE/650-2
ATB INNOVATION/650-9
ATB INTEGRITY/650-4
ATB OCEAN RELIANCE/550-3
ATB PACIFIC RELIANCE/650-1
ATB PRIDE/650-7
ATB RESOLVE/650-3
ATB SEA RELIANCE/550-1
ATB SOUND RELIANCE/550-2
ATB VISION/650-10
MASTER
MV GUARDSMAN
MV SEA PRINCE
MV SIUOX
SS COAST RANGE
TUG SENCA
Crowley Puerto Rico Services
TUG ADVENTURER
Crowley Technical Management
CAPE INSCRIPTION
CAPE INTREPID
CAPE ISABEL
CAPE ISLAND
CAPE TAYLOR
CAPE TEXAS
CAPE TRINITY
CAPE WRATH
COURAGE (ARC)
EMPIRE STATE
ENDURANCE (ARC)
EVERGREEN STATE
FREEDOM (ARC)
GOLDEN STATE
HONOR (ARC)
INDEPENDENCE II (ARC)
INTEGRITY (ARC)
MV CAPE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL GLORY
PATRIOT (ARC)
PELICAN STATE
RESOLVE (ARC)
SS CAPE ISLAND
SS CURTISS
SS WRIGHT
SUNSHINE STATE
Marine Transport Lines
CAPE DECISION
CAPE DIAMOND
CAPE DOMINGO
CAPE DOUGLAS
CAPE DUCATO
CAPE EDMONT
Marine Transport Management
CHARLESTON EXPRESS
MV ST LOUIS EXPRESS
MV WASHINGTON EXPRESS
MV YORKTOWN EXPRESS
PHILADLEPHIA EXPRESS