Crowley Maritime Corporation is a U.S.-owned marine solutions, transportation, and logistics company that operates across domestic and international markets. Founded in 1892, Crowley has evolved into a diversified enterprise offering services in six primary business segments: Puerto Rico and Caribbean liner services, Latin America liner services, logistics, marine contract solutions, deep sea petroleum transportation, and petroleum services in Alaska. The company also provides supply chain management, fuel transportation, and distribution of liquefied natural gas. Additionally, Crowley supports its operations with centralized corporate functions, including purchasing and human resources, while also offering vessel design, construction management, and management services for its chartered vessels. The company is entirely owned by the Crowley family and its employees, with a structure established in 1992 to serve as a holding company for its various business lines and subsidiaries.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Shipping
Robert Grune
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Petroleum Services
Clayton Heil
Vice President, Global Government Relations
13 past transactions
Main Line
Acquisition in 2025
Main Line is a vessel mooring company that provides vessel mooring services in the Pacific Northwest to ship operators who appreciate safe and reliable mooring service.
Zero Emission Industries
Series A in 2023
Zero Emission Industries, founded in 2018 and based in Alameda, California, specializes in hydrogen-powered energy systems, particularly for the maritime sector. The company develops hydrogen fuel cell marine power systems aimed at reducing emissions and ensuring compliance with current and future environmental regulations. By focusing on the decarbonization of boats and ships, Zero Emission Industries provides innovative technology that meets operational demands while simplifying the fuel cell systems for maritime workers. This approach not only addresses regulatory requirements but also promotes a cleaner and more sustainable future for the marine industry.
Tamarind Consolidated
Acquisition in 2023
Tamarind Consolidated is a logistics service provider operating primarily in Port Everglades, Florida, and the British Virgin Islands. The company specializes in the handling of goods and commodities, ensuring their safe, dependable, and secure movement. Tamarind Consolidated offers a range of services, including long-term and short-term purchasing and sourcing, warehousing, cargo insurance, consolidation, and storage. With a focus on reliability, the company serves various logistical needs for its clients in the region.
Tugdock
Corporate Round in 2023
Tugdock operates a dry-docking facility that offers innovative solutions for vessels and floating structures. The company specializes in developing submersible products designed to provide buoyancy, which enhances the stability and transportability of heavy machinery in marine environments. By creating platforms that support various marine structures, Tugdock enables companies in the marine sector to efficiently lift, launch, and transport their equipment, thereby improving operational capabilities and safety in maritime operations.
REPOWR
Series A in 2023
REPOWR is transforming the logistics industry by offering a connected, collaborative asset-sharing platform designed for transportation companies. This platform enables shippers, carriers, third-party logistics providers, leasing companies, and original equipment manufacturers to share and manage over-the-road equipment, including trucks, trailers, and shipping containers, across different locations and teams. By creating a digital trailer network, REPOWR facilitates on-demand access to trailers for owner-operators, enhancing operational efficiency and sustainability. The marketplace increases visibility and value for underutilized equipment, allowing logistics companies to lease and share resources effectively, thereby reducing waste and improving asset utilization.
newtrul
Seed Round in 2022
Newtrul is a shipment aggregation platform founded in 2018 and based in Chicago, Illinois. The company connects shippers, brokers, and freight carriers through a centralized portal aimed at simplifying the process of truckload freight matching. By digitizing and aggregating shipment information into a spot marketplace, Newtrul enables trucking companies to easily search for and digitally book their next loads, enhancing efficiency in the freight industry.
Banyu Carbon
Seed Round in 2022
Banyu Carbon, established in 2022 and based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in innovative marine carbon dioxide removal. The company employs a unique photocatalytic method to harness the surface ocean as a collector for atmospheric carbon dioxide, subsequently removing and concentrating it through energy-efficient photochemical reactions. This process aims to support industries with high carbon emissions, such as power generation, in achieving their climate objectives.
Carbon Ridge
Seed Round in 2022
Carbon Ridge is a company focused on decarbonizing the shipping industry through its innovative technology. It offers a modular onboard carbon capture and storage system designed to provide comprehensive decarbonization solutions for maritime vessels. This platform provides a cost-effective and immediate approach to significantly reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from commercial shipping. By enabling shipping companies to adopt a fuel-independent method, Carbon Ridge supports the transition towards more sustainable maritime operations.
Zero Emission Industries
Series A in 2022
Zero Emission Industries, founded in 2018 and based in Alameda, California, specializes in hydrogen-powered energy systems, particularly for the maritime sector. The company develops hydrogen fuel cell marine power systems aimed at reducing emissions and ensuring compliance with current and future environmental regulations. By focusing on the decarbonization of boats and ships, Zero Emission Industries provides innovative technology that meets operational demands while simplifying the fuel cell systems for maritime workers. This approach not only addresses regulatory requirements but also promotes a cleaner and more sustainable future for the marine industry.
Loadsure
Series A in 2022
Loadsure UK Ltd, established in 2018, is a London-based company with an additional office in Denver, Colorado. It operates as a subsidiary of Loadsure Ltd. The company specializes in developing freight cargo insurance software, offering a cloud-based, end-to-end digital platform that automates manual operations and employs predictive analytics. This platform, known as Holistic Freight Protection, is designed to predict, prevent, and protect, enabling autonomous risk management, accurate pricing of freight insurance, and transparent, automated claims handling. The solution caters to the needs of freight brokers, shippers, and carriers, helping them reduce per-load insurance costs and expedite claims settlements.
Saildrone
Series C in 2021
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of wind and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicles, known as Saildrones, which facilitate cost-effective ocean data collection at scale. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. Saildrone's vehicles have traveled over 500,000 nautical miles and spent more than 13,000 days at sea, generating high-resolution datasets that provide critical insights for climate science, maritime security, and ecological management. By utilizing real-time data transmission via satellite, Saildrone enables clients to monitor and mitigate potential ecological disasters, contributing to better understanding and management of global environmental challenges.
Good Technology (acquired by Visto)
Series B in 2002
Good Technology is the leader in enterprise handheld computing software and service, using industry standards to provide the corporate applications enterprises need on the handhelds they choose over the networks they prefer. The company's GoodAccess and GoodLink products extend mission-critical enterprise applications—including Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, salesforce.com and Siebel—to mobile employees when an where they need them, using end-to-end AES encrypted, FIPS 140-2 certified security, and cradle-free, real-time synchronization. GoodLink and GoodAccess are combined enterprise software and service that run on a variety of devices and networks, freeing customers from vendor lock-in, and allowing maximum flexibility.
Saildrone
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of wind and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicles, known as Saildrones, which facilitate cost-effective ocean data collection at scale. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. Saildrone's vehicles have traveled over 500,000 nautical miles and spent more than 13,000 days at sea, generating high-resolution datasets that provide critical insights for climate science, maritime security, and ecological management. By utilizing real-time data transmission via satellite, Saildrone enables clients to monitor and mitigate potential ecological disasters, contributing to better understanding and management of global environmental challenges.
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