Crowley delivering 9.5K loads to PR

Crowley Maritime Corp. expects to have offloaded more than 9,500 loads of commercial and government relief cargo into Puerto Rico by Oct. 20. The island was hit by back-to-back hurricanes. Crowley has added six U.S. flagged flat-deck barges to its fleet – a 40 percent increase in capacity - since Hurricane Irma struck in late September, and has one sailing every day this week to San Juan. “Given all that the island needs, we view all cargo … as vital to our recovery,” said Jose ‘Pache’ Ayala, VP of Puerto Rico services. The relief cargo is being distributed by Crowley Logistics, which has more than 375 trucks on the island. The logistics group is also providing services such as the short-haul transportation of goods via ground freight, direct deliveries, deconsolidation, inventory control, and providing forklift equipment and operators to expedite the handling of air freight at the airport. (Source: Crowley Maritime 10/18/17) Gulf Coast Note: Crowley has facilities along the Gulf Coast in Lake Charles and New Orleans, La., and Gulfport, Miss.