Captain Raul E. Iglesias commenced his career in 1965 as an ordinary seaman with the Porto Rico Lighterage Co. In 1970 he obtained his first license and started working as mate and relief captain in ocean voyages between the US Gulf and Puerto Rico. In 1972, he was appointed to a permanent master’s position. In 1976, Crowley Maritime Corp. acquired the assets of the Porto Rico Lighterage Co. and he was offered a Port Captain’s position. Crowley Maritime Corporation was the largest tug and barge company in the United States. Very soon after that several new 9,000 HP ocean tugs and 730 ft. container barges (the largest in the world at that time) where operating out of the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican operation would become one of Crowley’s most important business units at a worldwide level. Between 1976 and 1999 Capt. Iglesias worked for Crowley Maritime Corporation in several operations positions of increasing responsibilities, including: Operations Manager in Jacksonville and Puerto Rico; and General Manager and Vice President of CMS, Caribbean Services in Puerto Rico. During his fifty three (53) year career in the tug and barge industry, twenty-three (23) of them with Crowley Maritime Corporation, Captain Iglesias has been involved with all aspects of towing: Ship Docking, Oil Barge Towing, General Towing, Rescue Tows, Salvage, Pushing and Inland Towing. He also served two (2) years as Vice-President/President of the Pilot Advisory Board of Puerto Rico Authority and four (4) years as an active member of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) of the US Department of Transportation. In 1999, he separated from Crowley Maritime to pursue a longtime desire to become an independent marine consultant and broker. During the last nineteen (20) years Capt. Iglesias & Associates Inc. has performed jobs for Bacardi Corp., Hovensa Ltd., Hess Oil Co., Grupo Carmelo Inc., Seacoast Towing Inc., Global Offshore International Ltd., the PR Harbor Pilot Commission, American Tugs Inc., Titan Maritime Ltd., Alexakos & Simpson, Resolve Marine Group and many other well-known companies. He joined Borinken Marine Group, LLC in 2013.