Crowley rings in the new year with $25.5 million investment in new containers and related equipment
To better serve its diverse customer base, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group is ringing in the new year with a $25.5 million investment in new cargo carrying equipment. The units, all of which are built to Crowley’s specialized structural and security standards, will include 325, 20-foot chassis; 500, 45-foot (102-inch wide) dry containers; 600 53-foot (102-inch wide) dry containers; 400, 53-foot chassis and 440 generator sets (gensets), some of which are underslung and some that are nosemount.
This latest upgrade to the equipment fleet follows the company’s acquisition earlier this month of 400 new 40-foot, high-cube refrigerated (reefer) cargo containers for use by perishables customers in Central America and the Caribbean.
Production of the 500 45-foot containers has been completed by CIMC in China. These containers will leave for the U.S. at the end of December and arrive in Port Everglades and Jacksonville, Fla., by the end of January where they will begin to assimilate throughout Crowley’s network. The remaining equipment is expected to arrive within the first half of 2016.
Crowley Maritime Corporation, founded in 1892, is a privately held family and employee-owned company that provides marine solutions, energy and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico Liner Services, Caribbean and Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these lines of business are: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response through its 50 percent ownership in Ardent Global; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales.
