El Coqui enters service for Crowley

One of the first LNG-fueled combined container and roll-on roll-off (ConRo) vessels, El Coquí, entered domestic service for Crowley Marine in July. El Coqui and its sister ship Taíno, under construction VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard, feature a wide range of the newest technologies, including advanced integrated bridge systems (IBS) and ancillary electronic systems from Mackay Marine. The firm is a N.C.-based corporation with Gulf Coast offices in Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans. Its project integration team worked in concert with Crowley and VT Halter’s architects and engineers to develop the bridge suite for the two new Commitment Class vessels. El Coquí is operating on Crowley’s U.S. to Puerto Rico service, and Taino will follow suite later this year. This new generation of ConRo transport vessels accommodates 2,400 twenty-foot-equivalent container units plus a varied portfolio of 400 cars and large vehicles loaded in dedicated weather-tight decks. (Source: Marine Link 08/25/18)