Harley Marine Services, Inc.

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Company History
In early 1987, Harley Marine's Founder and current Chairman, Harley Franco, recognized the need
for a customer-oriented marine transportation company in Puget Sound. Mr. Franco started his
business with one leased tug and barge under the name Olympic Tug & Barge, Inc. and slowly
built the company by instituting and, in some cases, pioneering quality operating and safety
procedures and environmental protection standards. Portland operations started in 1993 as a
marine transportation bunker supplier on the Willamette and Columbia River.
In mid-1998, Harley Marine Services was formed as a holding company for acquisitions in the
marine services field that the company desired to add to its ever-growing lists of services. In early
1998, the Company acquired Pacific Coast Maritime, a marine services company founded in 1982
that provided tug and barge services in Alaska, Washington and California. Also in mid-1998,
Harley Marine Services purchased the assets of Links Marine, the marine transportation division of
Chemoil Corporation. This company was renamed Westoil Marine Services, Inc. and primarily
provides the transportation of marine fuels in Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors.
In May 2000, Harley Marine began providing ship assist, tanker escort, and towing services in Los
Angeles and Long Beach Harbors with four state-of-the-art tractor tugs under the name Millennium
Maritime, Inc. In July 2000, Harley Marine purchased Public Service Marine, Inc. founded in
1978 to build and operate the barge Jovalan, which transported petroleum products for public
utilities in Southern California. At the time, the Jovalan was known for its cutting edge, patent
protected technology of the world‟s first self contained, vessel-mounted vapor recovery unit. Since
then, Harley Marine Services has redesigned the cryogenic vapor recovery processing unit to meet
today‟s standards and air quality requirements. In addition, the Jovalan has been replaced with the
Olympic Spirit, which is equipped with the latest Harley Marine vapor processing unit.
In the fall of 1999 Pacific Northern Oil (PNO) sold its assets to Chevron's Fuel and Marine Marketing
(FAMM). At that time, Pacific Terminal Services, Inc. was formed to operate the PNO terminals
for FAMM. In June 2004 FAMM ceased operations in Washington State and Pacific Terminal
Services consolidated operations to the Portland, Oregon terminal.
Harley Marine entered the San Francisco Bay Area market in April of 2003 under the name
Starlight Marine Services, providing petroleum transportation, ship assist, tanker escort and
general towing services. In late 2006, Harley Marine established its first east coast company,
Harley Marine NY, Inc. Harley Marine NY uses some of the latest model vessels, including three
double hull barges and two tugs to transport petroleum products in the harbor.
The most recent addition to the Harley Marine family of companies is Harley Marine Gulf. In
February 2011, Harley Marine Services acquired the former MGI of Houston, Texas. This
acquisition has expanded Harley Marine‟s services to the US Gulf Coast and now the company is
a leading provider of petroleum transportation services nationally.