Pivotal LNG has signed an agreement to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) to US-based Carib Energy, a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime.
The LNG will be transported and delivered by Crowley from the US mainland to its client, Molinos de Puerto Rico.
Crowley vice-president Greg Buffington said: “Crowley’s partnership with Pivotal LNG continues to help our customers meet their energy needs with cleaner, efficient fuel sources.
“With Pivotal and Crowley’s logistics team working together, Molinos will be able to expand environmental sustainability efforts and better manage weather-related power challenges that can affect Puerto Rico.”
The LNG will be loaded by Pivotal onto the US Department of Transportation-authorised, international shipping organisation (ISO) containers to carry about 10,000 gallons of LNG.
Crowley will domestically coordinate the over-the-road transport of the 40ft containers to its Jacksonville shipping terminal, where they will be loaded onto its vessels.
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By GlobalDataUpon arrival, the LNG will be delivered by Crowley’s Puerto Rico-based logistics team to Molinos where it will be re-gasified and used for power consumption.
Pivotal LNG vice-president Tim Delay said: “This project provides an environmentally friendly fuel to Molinos that will help reduce emissions in Puerto Rico and its dependency on other petroleum products.
“Liquefied natural gas is a clean, domestically produced, alternative fuel that can be used in multiple ways.”
Carib Energy received a 25-year, LNG export license from the US Department of Energy for LNG transportation from the country into free trade agreement (FTA) countries.
Crowley's LNG group has transported more than 250 LNG containers, comprising more than 2.6 million gallons from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico for the past two years.
