{"id":8006,"date":"2025-04-18T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:03:17","slug":"port-everglades-welcomes-first-cargo-ship-powered-by-lng-to-call-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=8006","title":{"rendered":"Port Everglades Welcomes First Cargo Ship Powered By LNG To Call Port"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Everglades Welcomes First Cargo Ship Powered By LNG To Call Port
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Broward County\u2019s Port Everglades this week welcomed its first cargo ship fueled by Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), an environmentally friendly alternative fuel.<\/p>\n

The Crowley ship, Quetzal, is one of four new-build vessels using cleaner fuel that the Florida-based global company plans for trade among the U.S., Central America and the Caribbean Basin.<\/p>\n

Several cruise ships fueled with LNG, including Princess Cruises\u2019 Sun Princess and Silversea\u2019s Silver Nova and Silver Ray, already visit Port Everglades, however, this is the first LNG-powered cargo ship to call.<\/p>\n

Broward County Commissioners Lamar P. Fisher and Robert McKinzie joined port staff during a dockside plaque presentation to recognize Crowley\u2019s commitment to decarbonization and their trade partnership.<\/p>\n

This was also Queztal\u2019s first U.S. port call as part of its route between Central America and the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Quetzal, like the other three forthcoming Avance Class container ships, has a capacity for 1,400 TEUs (20-foot container equivalent units) and 300 refrigerated unit plugs for transporting perishable cargo.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last year, our port has welcomed several cruise ships that use LNG, and we applaud Crowley\u2019s efforts to reduce its impact when transporting perishables through Florida\u2019s No. 1 port for perishable goods,\u201d said CEO and Port Director Joseph Morris. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that our maritime future relies on innovation and continuous evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ships using LNG, instead of diesel, can significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions such as sulfur oxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide while eliminating particulate matter.<\/p>\n

According to Crowley, the new class of vessels also have high-pressure ME-GI engines and reduce methane slippage to negligible levels.<\/p>\n

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Port Everglades Welcomes First Cargo Ship Powered By LNG To Call Port Image Credits: Port Everglades\/LinkedIn Broward County\u2019s Port Everglades this week welcomed its first cargo ship fueled by Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), an environmentally friendly alternative fuel. The Crowley ship, Quetzal, is one of four new-build vessels using cleaner fuel that the Florida-based global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-8006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}