Crowley Maritime has taken delivery of the LNG tanker 'Louisiana', the third of four new product tankers being built for the company by Philly Shipyard.
'Louisiana', a 50,000DWT vessel capable of carrying 330,000 barrels of product, joins sister ships 'Ohio' and 'Texas' which were received by Crowley in 2015. They were the first tankers to receive the American Bureau of Shipping's (ABS) LNG-Ready Level 1 approval according to Crowley.
The new product tankers are based on a Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) design. The vessel is 182 metres long and is capable of carrying crude oil or refined petroleum products, as well as various chemical cargoes.
Crowley's fourth product tanker is under construction at Philly Shipyard, with delivery planned for the third quarter of 2016.
The shipyard has also now started construction of four 50,000DWT tankers to be delivered to a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan.
