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38 MN June 2011 referred to the Deepwater Horizon spill and the ensuing moratorium, saying “the slow down in that area has again created capacity issues. I think people were cer- tainly building up to be able to service the offshore market and now that’s slowed down considerably.”

Besides the issues with drilling in the

Gulf of Mexico, Crowley said, “drilling onshore within Alaska has slowed con- siderably, because of disagreements with the state.” “That certainly impacts the barge trade up into Alaska where they aren’t taking cargoes up to the North Slope like they used to. The flip side is, if we did have a more proactive energy policy that was promoting this kind of stuff, those drilling projects would be happening and the coast-wise business would be benefit- ing from it.” “We have three heavy lift barges that we just towed over to Asia that typically

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The hull of Crowley’s Ocean Class tug under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in

Louisiana

Images courtesy Crowley Maritime Corporation