Under a new U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy contract, beginning in 2021, Crowley Maritime Corporation will deploy a new, purpose-built, 55,000-barrel-capacity (2.3 million gallon) articulated tug barge (ATB) to deliver military specification fuel to the Eareckson Air Station located on the remote Aleutian Island of Shemya, Alaska.
Called Aurora/Qamun, the ATB will serve the air station and Crowley’s customers throughout western Alaska and the Arctic and is specifically designed to meet Ice...