Florida-based Crowley Marine Services has misplaced a bid to proceed to supply tanker escort and oil spill prevention and response companies in Valdez and Prince William Sound when its present contract expires June 30, 2018.

Crowley has offered marine companies in Prince William Sound for Alyeska since 1990, and previous to that the corporate offered tanker docking companies in Valdez starting with the startup of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1977. The firm says that regardless of bidding aggressively for the Ship Escort/Response Vessel System (SERVS) contract extension, Crowley was not chosen by Alyeska to retain the whole scope of the present contract.

“We bid this contract very aggressively and are extremely disappointed that we were not selected to retain this business,” stated Tom Crowley, firm chairman and CEO. “We have been assured that this outcome is the result of a very competitive landscape and is not a reflection of Crowley’s qualifications or record. We will continue to work constructively with Alyeska through the duration of our contract. Crowley and Alyeska agree that there is nothing more important than the continued protection of Prince William Sound.”

Crowley says that it’s totally dedicated to continued skilled service and full compliance because the marine service supplier till the top of June 2018, and will likely be engaged in any transition course of.

Participants within the bidding course of are restricted from disclosing particulars, however according to the Alaska Dispatch News not less than Louisiana-based Edison Chouest Offshore stays within the operating for the contract.

“While it is difficult to fully convey our disappointment, we remain completely committed to upholding the tremendous responsibility we have to protect Valdez and Prince William Sound,” stated Rocky Smith, Crowley senior vp and common supervisor, petroleum distribution and marine companies. “Over the next couple of years, we will look for opportunities to redeploy our Valdez personnel and marine assets in new endeavors when our contract expires.”

As a part of the SERVS contract, Crowley supplies tug escorts for tankers touring by way of Prince William Sound to and from the Valdez Marine Terminal, in addition to supplies safe docking and undocking operations on the oil product loading terminals. In 2015, the corporate logged over a million man hours whereas safely escorting 236 tankers by way of Prince William Sound, transporting 185 million barrels of oil in one of many harshest environments on the planet.

Crowley at present has 17 vessels, 230 mariners and 17 shore aspect administrative personnel working collectively to service Alyeska in Valdez.

In February, Crowley celebrated over seven million man hours and greater than six years since logging its final Lost Time Injury inside Crowley’s tanker escort and docking companies group in Valdez.