UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)          July 23, 2004
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                          Crowley Maritime Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




  Delaware                             000-49717                 94-3148464
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission File           (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                   Number)              Identification No.)


155 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California                           94612
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (510) 251-7500
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                                  Inapplicable
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          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)







Item 9.           Regulation FD Disclosure.

            The following information is being furnished pursuant to Item 9 of
Form 8-K and Regulation FD:

         The registrant's wholly owned subsidiary, Crowley Marine Services, a
Delaware corporation ("CMS"), has entered into a definitive agreement (the
"Purchase Agreement"), dated as of July 9, 2004 and effective from and after
July 20, 2004, to purchase from Northland Fuel LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Northland"), and Yukon Fuel Company, an Alaska corporation ("YFC"), a
marine and land-based refined petroleum products distribution business conducted
by Northland and YFC in Western Alaska (the "Business"). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, CMS also agreed to purchase from: (a) Northland Vessel
Leasing Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("NVLC"), certain
barges and other vessels used in the Business; and (b) Yutana Barge Lines, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company ("Yutana"), certain assets used in the
Business. The aggregate purchase price payable at closing by CMS pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement and the agreement between CMS and Yutana is $52.2 million
plus an amount equal to net working capital (including fuel inventory)
determined in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, which amount currently is
estimated to be $26.0 million. Closing this transaction is subject to several
customary conditions, including expiration of the waiting period under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, the absence of
any material adverse change or effect, delivery of certain title policies and
title insurance, and the issuance to CMS of a specified environmental insurance
policy. In addition, closing is conditioned upon the Consent Decree (as defined
below) becoming final (which will not occur earlier than 60 days after its
filing with the Court (as defined below)) and the Court's approval of the
Consent Decree. The registrant has guaranteed the full payment and performance
by CMS of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

         On July 13, 2004, the registrant and CMS, together with Northland, YFC,
NVLC and Yutana (collectively, the "Sellers"), entered into a Consent Decree
with the State of Alaska (the "Consent Decree"), which settles a lawsuit filed
on July 20, 2004, by the Alaska Attorney General against the registrant, CMS and
the Sellers in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Second Judicial
District at Nome (the "Court"). The Consent Decree was filed with the Court on
July 20, 2004. The Alaska Attorney General alleges in the lawsuit that the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement violate the antitrust laws
of the State of Alaska and the United States. Pursuant to the Consent Decree,
the registrant agreed, among other things, to: (a) provide approximately
4,000,000 gallons of tank farm storage capacity located in Bethel, Alaska to
Delta Western, Inc. ("DW") for up to 10 years (with options to extend); (b) sell
certain tugs, barges and related assets to DW to enable DW to distribute
petroleum products on the coastal areas and river systems in Alaska; and (c)
grant options to DW to acquire and/or lease certain real property located in
Bethel, Alaska. In addition, the Consent Decree contains provisions that
restrict the ability of the registrant and CMS to: (a) acquire any of the assets
it divests pursuant to the Consent Decree; and (b) dispose of the tank farms it
operates in Bethel, Alaska.

         On November 20, 2003, a lawsuit was filed in the Court against the
registrant, CMS, YFC and Northland by the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative,
Inc., the INN Electric

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Cooperative, Inc., the Kotzebue Electric Cooperative, Inc., the Naknek Electric
Cooperative,  Inc.,  City of Nome,  d/b/a Nome Joint  Utility  System,  Nushagak
Electric & Telephone  Cooperative,  Inc.,  and the  Unalakleet  Valley  Electric
Cooperative,  Inc.  The  complaint  in this  litigation  alleges  violations  or
threatened  violations  by  defendants  of Alaska's  antitrust  and unfair trade
practices  statutes in connection  with a possible  acquisition  of YFC's diesel
fuel  distribution  business in rural Western  Alaska by the registrant and CMS.
Plaintiffs in this  litigation are seeking  declaratory  and  injunctive  relief
which would prevent  completion of any such transaction.  On March 16, 2004, the
Court stayed this lawsuit  until the Alaska  Attorney  General has  completed or
terminated  its  investigation  of such  possible  transaction.  The  registrant
believes that the lawsuit is without merit and continues to oppose this action.

         The foregoing disclosure contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to
meaningful risks and uncertainties, including the material factors that are
disclosed from time to time in the registrant's public filings with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, such as its reports on Forms 8-K,
10-Q and 10-K . These statements are based on current expectations and
assumptions which management believes are reasonable and on information
currently available to management. All such forward-looking statements are
current only as of the date on which such statements were made. The registrant
does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such
statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.





                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION



                                         By: /s/ Richard L. Swinton
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                                                 Richard L. Swinton, Vice
                                                 President, Tax & Audit

Dated:  July 23, 2004

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