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Alaska Native Leaders Imagine Divergent ‘Arctic Futures’

By admin | April 5, 2018 |

Leaders of Arctic communities discuss possible scenarios for the future of the region at the Arctic Futures conference (Photo: Kenton Media, used with permission)

A conference in Nome last week brought together leaders from Alaska Native communities to discuss the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic.

Crowley Commissions First Barge of Its Size and Class To Be Built for Alaskan Waters by End of 2019

By Davis Hovey | January 19, 2018

New ATB to be constructed for Alaskan waters. Crowley expects it to begin deliveries in late 2019. Photo: Used with permission from Crowley Fuels (2018)

Rocky Smith, the senior vice president with Crowley Fuels, says this 483-foot-long, articulated tug-barge (ATB), is the first of its kind in the company’s Alaska fleet. The barge will share its name with ASRC’s former chairman and current member of the corporation’s board of directors, Oliver Leavitt.