VT Halter Marine has launched Crowley’s second Commitment Class ship, Taíno, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by LNG.
The launch of the ship in Pascagoula, Mississippi, marks the latest achievement in Crowley’s project to transform and modernise the company’s shipping and logistics services between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Taíno will now proceed through the final topside construction and testing phase before beginning service in the U.S. Jones Act trade in 2018.
It will join its sister ship, El Coquí, which was launched earlier this year and is now in final testing before entering service in early 2018.
2400 TEU
Taíno, like El Coquí, will be able to transport up to 2400 twenty-foot-equivalent container units (TEUs) and a mix of nearly 400 cars and larger vehicles in the enclosed, ventilated and weather-tight Ro/Ro decks. A wide range of container sizes and types can be accommodated, ranging from 20-foot standard, to 53-foot by 102-inch-wide, high-capacity units, as well as up to 300 refrigerated containers.
Watch a video of the launch below. The picture at the top is a still from the same video.
