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Focus on Safety, Future,

Drive Operator Success

Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. he hallmarks of a successful vessel operator are the same whether they are carrying liquid, physical or

T human cargo: A laser focus on safety, a twin com- mitment to customers and crew, and the vision to embrace and invest in the future. However obvious the bar, it is not easy to meet. “I don’t think there is any magic formula,” says Rob

Grune, senior vice president and general manager, petro- leum services, Crowley Marine Solutions. “The difference is that everything we work on regards providing a high

Crowley is constructing two combination container/Roll-on Roll-off (ConRo) ships that will be powered by lique? ed natural gas for quality of service to customers, pays off. In a rising mar- the Jones Act trade between the U.S. and Puerto Rico. El Coqui ket, it’s easy to do well. When the market is struggling, if (pictured) and Taino are under construction at VT Halter Marine’s you don’t need a vessel, you don’t need one. But in the long shipyard in Pascagoula, MS. The ships are part of an investment by

Crowley of more than $500 million in the Puerto Rico trade.

run, [because of] that great relationship, that high level of

Crowley Maritime Corp.

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