Crowley to Christen the Response
The waters of North Puget Sound will come under even greater environmental protection when Crowley's ship assist and escort services group deploys its newest tug named Response to escort and assist oil tankers there. The swift, powerful tug will be christened at noon Friday, August 2nd, at Pier 66 in Elliott Bay and be put into service shortly thereafter. Deicy Mathur, wife of Anil Mathur, President of the Alaska Tanker Company, LLC, will perform the christening ceremony aboard the Response. A team of Crowley engineers and architects designed the Response, with input from Crowley's ship assist and escort customer, Alaska Tanker Company. Marco Shipyard built the tug in Seattle. Maritime.
Crowley Christens Newest Tug
The waters of North Puget Sound are now under even greater environmental protection since Crowley’s ship assist and escort services group deployed its newest tug named Response to escort and assist oil tankers there. The swift, powerful tug was christened at noon Friday, August 2nd, at Pier 66 in Elliott Bay and will be put into service shortly hereafter. Under brilliant sunny skies, Deicy Mathur, wife of Anil Mathur, President of the Alaska Tanker Company, LLC, performed the christening ceremony aboard the Response. Over 300 invited guests and the news media had the opportunity to tour the boat. Two other Crowley tugs joined in the ceremony by blowing their horns alerting other passing vessels to do the same.
