Crowley’s Carib Energy to Supply LNG to Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers
Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Carib Energy, has been awarded a multi-year contract to supply containerized, U.S.-sourced LNG to its first industrial customer, Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers in Cayey and Club Caribe in Cidra, both wholly owned subsidiaries of CC1 Companies. According to the press release, Crowley’s domestic logistics team, which will coordinate over-the-road transportation of 40-foot intermodal LNG containers authorized by the Department of Transportation to the company’s Jacksonville, Fla., shipping terminal where the containers will be loaded onto company-owned vessels departing for Puerto Rico. Crowley’s Puerto Rico-based logistics team will deliver the LNG to the local Coca-Cola bottling facilities. There, the LNG will be re-gasified back into pipeline natural gas for power consumption.