Harley Marine
Services
Celebrating 25 Years of Service to the Marine Industry.
T
wenty-five years ago, Harley
Franco started the Harley
Marine Services family of companies with the goal of serving his
customers with the most efficient service at reasonable rates. Very quickly,
he became aware that if Olympic Tug
& Barge (the first operating company)
was to be successful, concern for the
environment had to be among the highest of priorities. A quarter of a century
later, company chairman and CEO
Harley Franco says the company has
achieved its goal.
As a result of the company’s strategic focus on safety, environmental
protection, and customer service,
Harley Marine Services has proven to
be one of the fastest growing maritime businesses as well as a leading
provider of marine transportation
services. Operating in some of the
From a few single-screw tugs in 1987, Harley Marine now operates more than 80 modern,
fuel efficient and environmentally responsible vessels nationwide, and has begun operations in Asia. Photo courtesy of Harley Marine Services.
busiest American ports, Harley Marine
provides a diverse group of marine
transportation services, including
petroleum transportation, ship assist,
tanker escort, rescue towing, bunkering, general towing and terminal
operations. The company provides services along the entire West Coast of the
United States, stretching from Dutch
Harbor, Alaska to Long Beach, California; along the Gulf Coast including the
western river system; and on the East
Coast out of New York Harbor.
Additionally, the company has
recently expanded into Asia with a
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growing operation in Singapore as well
as plans for future operations in Korea.
Modern Fleet
The Harley Marine fleet is comprised of the most technically advanced
and environmentally friendly double
hull petroleum barges, tractor tugboats,
push boats and other vessels designed
specifically for their line of work and
area of operation. The large, diverse
fleet allows Harley Marine to position
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the appropriate equipment for each job
in order to maximize efficiency and customer satisfaction. With an eye toward
the future of marine transportation,
Harley Marine has been transforming
its petroleum barge fleet to all-doublehull designs, surpassing requirements
and meeting the OPA 90 double hull
compliant rule long before the government mandate of 2015 fully matures. In
fact, Harley Marine is at the forefront
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the champagne.
Harley Marine Service’s first newbuild, the
105-foot, Millennium Falcon, was built at
Seattle’s MARCO Shipyard and christened
in February, 2000. Photo courtesy of Harley
Marine Services.
Taking delivery of a new vessel is a special occasion.
Owners and operators can count on EBDG to deliver
designs worth celebrating. Cheers to that!
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EBDG Congratulates Harley Marine on 25 years of service.
25 Years
and Going
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Congratulations,
Harley Marine Services,
and keep up the
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of industry-wide efforts to maintain the
safest, most environmentally friendly
equipment on the water today. At the
same time the company continues to
improve and expand its existing tug
fleet. Currently, Harley Marine has
several tugs under construction at several American shipyards, with the goal
of serving community and customer
needs by delivering efficient and specialized equipment for each specific
job.
A major factor in Harley Marine’s
business over the last 25 years is the
company’s commitment to the environment. Over the past two years, Harley
Marine has received five awards for
stewardship and environmental
responsibility,
The awards are the result of a company-wide innovative environmental
management program. In 2007, Harley
Marine received ISO 14001 certification
for all tugs, barges, shops and offices.
This sparked a company-wide “green”
movement with every employee participating, whether shoreside or on
a vessel. The company takes every
opportunity to apply and expand its
programs. Some of the Harley Marine
initiatives include a “reduce, reuse
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Length: 120’ Beam: 35’ Draft: 19’ 3”
Horsepower: 5,300 Bollard Pull: 69-78 short tons (approx.)
Harley Marine Services has partnered with Diversified Marine and Cat Financial
to build a new state of the art 5,300 horsepower tractor tug. The tug is being
built at the Diversified Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, will be financed by Cat
Financial and will join the Harley Marine fleet in late 2012.
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Harley Marine is upgrading its petroleum barge fleet to all-double-hull designs well
in advance of OPA 90 requirements. Photo courtesy of Harley Marine Services.
and recycle” program to reduce the
company’s carbon footprint, tugboat
engine upgrades to reduce NOx and
particulate matter emissions, and the
use of hybrid vehicles as company cars
and crew transportation to cut down
on fossil fuel burning. In addition,
the use of a patented Vapor Recovery
Unit produces cleaner emissions, and
shore power for the company’s vessels
consumes less energy also with fewer
noxious emissions.
Service to the Community
Since the company’s inception,
Harley Franco has promised to give
back to the communities in which
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he and his employees live, work and
play. Every year, Harley Marine and
its employees give time, resources,
energy and financial support to several organizations such as the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation and the American Cancer Society, to name a few. The
philanthropic spirit runs deep throughout the company, starting with Harley,
Owner and CEO, and his wife Lela. The
Francos have been recognized by the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
with awards for their continued efforts
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company’s better known efforts,
Cruisin’ for a Cure, has become synonymous with Harley Marine’s efforts
to engage its employees and the community to give back. To that end, Harley
Marine has raised close to a million dollars in charity tugboat cruises alone.
In 2012, Harley Marine employees
independently spearheaded a company-wide campaign to raise $20,000
in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s
national walk, Great Strides, in addition
to the numerous events Harley Marine
has underwritten for Cystic Fibrosis.
Several of the company’s vessels are
named after patients of these devastating diseases or supporters of ongoing
research to find cures.
Future Growth
Harley Marine’s future includes
opportunities for growth in all the
ports where it currently operates. Over
the next two years, an additional 24
vessels will enter the fleet to service
Harley Marine’s customers nationwide.
In Seattle, a new headquarters is under
construction, which will attain LEED
Gold Certification by incorporating
many green sustainable building practices. The 45,000-square-foot building
is designed to make optimum use of
natural light and will also have solar
panels to minimize electricity usage.
The company will obtain a portion of
the building’s electrical power from
certified sustainable resources, and
stormwater collection tanks are being
set up to capture rainwater for use in
landscaping needs and wastewater
systems. In addition, bike storage and
shower facilities will be provided to
encourage bicycle commuting, and
an exercise facility will encourage
employee wellness. For those who can’t
give up their cars, special parking and
charging stations will be available for
electric vehicles.
Harley Franco says all the advancements and changes that the company
has made and continues to make daily
are oriented to help improve the world
we live in, keeping its customers,
neighbors, employees and children in
mind. “In our last 25 years of business
we have earned everything we have
achieved, but nothing can compare
to the sense of accomplishment and
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Congratulations on 25 years of
service to the marine industry
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Z-Four and Z-Five each provide more than
50 tons of bollard pull for ship assist work in
Southern California. Photo by Hal Eltzroth
courtesy of Harley Marine Services.
Congratulations
Harley Marine Services
on 25 years of success!
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satisfaction from building an entity
from the ground up,” he says. “We
began this company with its tenets
because we cared and we continue to
maintain the same simple goals since
its inception. Our integrity is all, and
we will continue to be committed to
our employees, our customers and our
community.”
Franco attributes the company's
success over the past twenty-five years
to the professional, dedicated mariners and shoreside staff employed
throughout the Harley Marine family
of companies. "Their day to day commitment to safety, the environment
and customer service has been invaluable," he says, "allowing us to continue
growth across the country."
He says that the fact that Harley
Marine has been successful only
secures the company’s position as an
industry leader in environmental stewardship. “We see ourselves as part of a
larger entity that includes the entire
community,” he says. Noting the company’s tagline, ‘serving the community
for 25 years’, Franco says “We hope to
continue serving the community for
many years to come.”
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congratulates
Harley Marine
on
25 years of innovation and leadership in
the maritime community.
We wish you fair winds and following
seas for many years to come!
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Providing the North American maritime industry
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•Rescue Services
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