Crowley Organizational Changes

Crowley announced changes in leadership and company organization involving its logistics, technical services and marine salvage business lines. 
 
Rinus Schepen, Crowley's senior vice president and general manager of logistics, has announced his retirement effective in June 2009. Schepen, a 20-year Crowley veteran, has been a significant contributor to the company's success and will continue to work for Crowley on special assignments in retirement.
 
Collar will become senior vice president and general manager for the group effective Jan. 1, 2009. Collar is currently serving as senior vice president and general manager of technical services. He will work closely with Schepen during the first half of the year to ensure a smooth transition of business activities and customer relationships. 
 
Todd Busch, vice president of Titan Salvage, will be promoted to senior vice president and general manager of technical services effective Jan. 1. In his new role he will retain management responsibility for Titan and assume additional responsibility for government services, ship management, new vessel construction and naval architecture.
 
Collar and Busch will both be domiciled in Jacksonville and report to Tom Crowley, chairman, president and CEO.
 
Collar joined Crowley in 1977 as a deckhand and throughout his career, has been exposed to many facets of the Crowley organization. He has worked in positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, dispatch, terminal management, cargo operations, marine operations and petroleum operations. In 1996, he was named director of technical services before transferring to general manager of oil transportation. Later he served as vice president of bulk petroleum and chemical transportation.
 
Busch joined Crowley in 1987 as an ordinary seaman and since that time served aboard company tugs as a chief mate. He came ashore in 1994 as a dispatcher; and has held a variety of other positions with increasing responsibility. He has been responsible for the company's marine services contract business, overseeing pricing and the negotiating of contracts, as well as the commercial activities for Crowley's emergency services, and the U.S. Navy salvage contract. He was named vice president of Titan in Oct. 2005. Busch also serves as a director, representing Crowley and Titan on the board of the Marine Response Alliance LLC. Prior to joining Crowley, he sailed with the Southwest Alaska Pilots Association. He holds two licenses: Master, 100 Gross Tons Inspected Vessels, and Mate, 200 Gross Tons Inspected Vessels.

Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a newly formed holding company of the 116-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company that provides diversified transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are the following services: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales.

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