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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.

Six Entities File Petition to Supreme Court About Ruling on Bearded Seal’s ESA Listing

By Davis Hovey | July 25, 2017

A bearded seal, or ugruk, on the sea ice. Photo Credit: Kawerak Subsistence Program, used with permission.

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation has filed for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court and is joined by entities like the Northwest Arctic Borough, NANA Regional Corporation, and the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope.