US shipping company Crowley has expanded its ocean shipping services with the launch of its first-ever route between the US northeast and Central America.
Crowley will utilise its newest LNG-fuelled container vessels on the five-day transit between the Port of Philadelphia’s Gloucester Marine Terminal and ports in Guatemala and Honduras.
The company said this would enable timely deliveries of food, apparel, industrial products and consumer goods to and from the Central America northern zone, which also includes El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Crowley’s new containership Copán will begin the first voyage on July 3 from Central America to Gloucester City, New Jersey.
Reinier van Delden, Vice President of Commercial Operations at Crowley Logistics, said that Crowley's new LNG-fuelled vessels, "will deliver the fastest transit times in the market," resulting in, "less inventory idle time, lower supply chain costs, and longer shelf life for critical products like fresh produce."
The new route between Philadelphia and Central America expands on Crowley's operations in the Northeast Atlantic, where it has served Puerto Rico, the Eastern Caribbean and the Virgin Islands with a regular container service for more than 70 years.