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Making a successful 5,200 mile run from Seattle to Kaktovik, Alaska, in unfriendly rather is difficult. Add dozens of stops in-between, treks upriver that can be as long as 600 dies, service to as many as 128 remote destinations and you've got something that takes more than luck. It takes Integrated Logistics.

Crowley's first venture into integrated logistics actually started way back in 1958 when our newly formed joint venture was called upon to re-supply the stations of the DEW line (Distant Early Wjrning) in Alaska. That activity eventually evolved into providing total logistics for up to 128 locations throughout Alaska. Even today, to get the job done right it still takes line-haul vessels to carry the cargo. The cargo then has to be lightered onto the beach in shallow water locations. And from the beach it has to be trucked inland or hauled upriver on barges to remote locations where it is either warehoused or delivered right to the door. Fuel is delivered in bulk by barge, plane, or helicopter.

Today, the latest buzz word in the maritime industry is history to us. After all, we've been involved in Integrated Logistics for four decades.

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