The US shipping company Crowley has now put the new LNG box carrier “Torogoz” chartered by EPS into service.
This is the fourth container ship of the so-called “Avance” class to enter commercial service. The unit left Port Everglades (Florida) on Tuesday, heading for Central America.
The “Torogoz” has a capacity of 1,400 TEU, including 300 reefer containers, and is designed for the fast, frequent transportation of goods such as clothing, fresh food, pharmaceuticals and textiles between the USA and El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Like its sister ships, it is powered by low-emission LNG.
“With the ‘Torogoz’, we are completing the introduction of our ‘Avance’ class and setting another milestone in our commitment to efficient logistics solutions in Central America and the Caribbean,” said Claudia Kattan-Jordan, Vice President Logistics for Central America, Panama and Mexico at Crowley.
The “Torogoz” follows the sister ships “Tiscapa”, “Quetzal” and “Copán”. All units bear names with cultural references to Central America. “Torogoz” is the national bird species of El Salvador. As the units were built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea, there is no threat of penalties threatened by US President Donald Trump for newbuilds delivered in China for port calls in the USA.
According to the official announcement, the new class of ship, with a new one for the USA, Central America and the Dominican Republic, will open up the company’s next era of faster and more frequent shipping services. Crowley, based in the USA, has been providing shipping, energy and logistics services for more than 130 years and operates in 36 countries and territories.
