“This is our
first venture in the southeast Alaska market and we are very excited to be
expanding into this region,” Crowley Senior Vice President and General Manager Rocky
Smith said. “I am confident that we will be successful in integrating this
business into the Crowley family.”
Anderes Oil,
located shoreside near downtown Ketchikan, includes a bulk plant storing over a
million gallons of petroleum products and has miles of pipeline, as well as a
marina with a fixed 110-foot-long float outfitted to supply a variety of marine
fuels to southeast Alaska.
The Anderes
family, after 50 years of serving Ketchikan, is leaving the oil business. Crowley
contends however, that although ownership is changing, little else will, and
that the company plans to continue to provide products and services under the
Anderes name and that its 20 employees are being retained.
“Anderes
and Crowley have similar cultures and values emphasizing safety, environmental
protection and customer service,” Crowley Vice President Bob Cox said. “Our
goal is a seamless transition and supporting the fine employees of Anderes Oil
going forward.”
Crowley
currently operates 22 fuel terminals in western Alaska and the rail belt, with
over 265 employees.
