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Crowley Completes Acquisition of SeaRiver Tankers

Crowley Alaska Tankers, a division of Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corp, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of three tankers from SeaRiver Maritime and is now chartering them back to SeaRiver under varying multi-year terms. The tankers Liberty Bay and Eagle Bay, now under Crowley ownership and operation, each have a capacity of 760,000 barrels and transport crude from Alaska to West Coast refineries. The tanker SR American Progress has a capacity of 342,000 barrels and transports refined petroleum between the U.S. Gulf and East Coast ports. Crowley has renamed the ships. Liberty Bay is now Washington. Eagle Bay is California, and SR American Progress is Oregon. More at http://gcaptain.com/crowley-completes-acquisition-of-seariver-tankers/

Sold in package deal

Sold to Crowley Maritime (USA) together with Eagle Bay and SR American Progress

Aker Philadelphia deliveres first of two Liberty-class aframax tankers

Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia has delivered the first of two Liberty-class aframax tankers to ExxonMobil’s U.S. marine affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime. The 820 foot long, 115,000 deadweight ton tanker, named Liberty Bay, will transport up to 800,000 barrels of Alaskan North Slope crude oil from Prince William Sound, Alaska to the U.S. West Coast. The vessel is equipped with double hull protection, the latest navigation and communications equipment, and an energy efficient engine. “We are proud to have delivered this fine vessel, the Liberty Bay, to a first class customer such as SeaRiver and are confident it will serve them well for many years. The men and women of the shipyard have completed the largest vessel built in Philadelphia in nearly 70 years and further cemented APSI’s important place as part of the domestic energy solution,” said Steinar Nerbovik, APSI’s Managing Director.