Australia: Crowley Maritime, PB Towage Join Forces

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s solutions group and PB Towage Ltd., part of the Pacific Basin Shipping group, have formed a business alliance that combines their respective services and regional positioning to collectively broaden their project management, marine project cargo and logistics capabilities in Southeast Asia and Oceania.

The alliance will enable the companies to provide comprehensive project management, project cargo transportation, logistics, ocean towing, offshore support, salvage support and bulk cargo transportation solutions to oil and gas, mining, and Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) customers undertaking major infrastructure projects in that region.

“We are very pleased to have formed this alliance with PB Towage,” said Greg Detiveaux, vice president of business development, Crowley’s solutions group. “PB Towage provides a great deal of synergy in terms of aligning our project management expertise and ocean towing and barging capabilities with their regional leadership in towing and barge transportation. This joint effort will allow our companies to provide customers with fully integrated turnkey solutions for their special projects.”

These sentiments were echoed by PB Towage Group Managing Director Charlie Kocherla, who commented, “We believe that the alliance provides an excellent opportunity. With continued growth in infrastructure forecast across Australasia and Southeast Asia, we will be able to draw on each other’s strengths, skills and experience and be well positioned to provide customers with efficient and quality, end-to-end logistic services.”

The alliance will also provide customers with representation and a seamless marine cargo and logistics solution in and around the United States and Southeast Asia and Oceania, since Crowley’s solutions team is based in Houston and PB Towage operates in Australia and New Zealand, both in the harbour operations and in project and ocean towage through its PB Sea-Tow brand.

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World Maritime News Staff, February 8, 2012; Image: PB Towage