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  • Puerto Rico Expects Record-Breaking Cruise Season

    30 September 2016

    Puerto Rico is on its way to break cruise passenger records for the second time in three years, according to Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The island’s port of San Juan posted record passenger numbers in 2015 with the arrival of 1.5 million passengers. The port now expects to break that record in the 2017-18 season with an […]

  • Puerto Rico Imported 12 LNG Cargoes in H1

    13 August 2013
    Vessels

    The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico imported 12 liquefied natural gas cargoes in the first half of this year, according to the U.S. DOE data. Puerto Rico imports LNG from Trinidad and Tobago via a regasification terminal and combined cycle power plant located in the Guayanilla Bay, near Peñuelas. Howewer, one LNG cargo in June was sourced […]

  • Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico Still on the Table?

    28 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Puerto Rico could receive an approval for a Jones Act waiver as US President Donald Trump informed he is considering the waiver in order to help the devastated island recover from a series of hurricanes. Namely, the President said that he is looking into the option after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier […]

  • Naturgy extends Puerto Rico LNG supply deal

    29 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Spain’s Naturgy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) agreed to extend the long-term LNG supply deal.

  • Puerto Rico’s EcoEléctrica to boost LNG plant’s sendout

    30 August 2017

    Puerto Rican energy company EcoEléctrica has been given a green light to increase the capacity of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities in Guayanilla Bay.

  • Pivotal requests authorization to sell LNG to Puerto Rico

    5 August 2014

    AGL Resources unit, Pivotal LNG, has requested a one-time authorisation from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sell approximately 30,000 gallons of LNG via ISO containers for subsequent transportation by truck and waterborne vessel to Puerto Rico. Pivotal LNG said in the request that one of the company’s customers intends to use the LNG  for the […]

  • US faults safety at Puerto Rico shipping terminal

    7 July 2010

    U.S. regulators have found safety violations for a second time at a Horizon Lines Inc. shipping terminal in Puerto Rico. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says inspectors found a number of potential dangers to dock workers in San Juan. The violations include such things as trucks with no backup alarms and exposed electrical parts […]

  • Crowley scores Puerto Rico LNG supply contract

    4 August 2016

    Crowley Maritime Corp.’s LNG services group has secured a multi-year contract to supply containerized LNG from the U.S. mainland to Molinos de Puerto Rico, the Caribbean arm of Ardent Mills. The contract, executed through Crowley’s subsidiary Carib Energy (USA) LLC, includes both the supply and transportation of LNG, and will “help Molinos expand environmental sustainability […]

  • Xtera Delivers Guantanamo – Puerto Rico Subsea Link

    16 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea fiber optic solutions company Xtera has announced completion of the Final Splice and marine operations on the Guantanamo – Puerto Rico submarine cable system for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This is the second submarine cable system that Xtera has deployed for DISA (agency of the U.S. Department of Defense), The first has […]

  • Crowley Puerto Rico Sets Stage for LNG ConRo Ships

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Crowley Puerto Rico Services, part of Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings, has signed a USD 48.5 million construction contract for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In conjunction with the investment, the company and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) have also concluded a 30-year lease extension for the Isla […]

  • PIRA: Mexico and Puerto Rico LNG demand up

    11 September 2014

    NYC-based PIRA Energy Group believes that LNG supply length feeds niche North American demand. In the U.S., stout injection is above consensus, with triple-digit builds are expected ahead. In Europe, Dutch role in Europe changes as production declines and imports rise. Mexico and Puerto Rico have seen very strong LNG demand growth this year, but […]

  • Crowley scores LNG supply deal with Puerto Rico company

    18 November 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Crowley said it has been awarded a multi-year LNG supply deal by a pharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico.

  • AMP: Puerto Rico Should Not Be Exempted from Jones Act

    8 June 2016

    The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is opposing Rep. Gary Palmer’s (R-AL) proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act. The Palmer amendment to H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), if adopted, would allow foreign vessels to replace American ships and crews in the operation between the island […]

  • Puerto Rico’s Push for Jones Act Exemption Under Fire

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The recently proposed five-year plan that would allow non U.S.-flagged ships to transport cargo between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico would undermine or possibly even sabotage this indebted unincorporated U.S. territory’s assistance package, according to Tom Allegretti, American Maritime Partnership Chairman. The restructuring plan, released by Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla, suggests that Jones Act, the […]

  • Puerto Rico’s Push for Jones Act Exemption Under Fire

    17 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The recently proposed five-year plan that would allow non U.S.-flagged ships to transport cargo between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico would undermine or possibly even sabotage this indebted unincorporated U.S. territory’s assistance package, according to Tom Allegretti, American Maritime Partnership Chairman. The restructuring plan, released by Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla, suggests that Jones Act, the […]

  • USCG Medevacs Injured Chinese Sailor off Puerto Rico

    12 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    USCG medevacs injured Chinese crewmember from the bulk carrier Bunum Hero on April 10 off Puerto Rico.

  • TOTE Assigns LNG Newbuilds to Puerto Rico Link

    3 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The U.S.-based TOTE Shipholdings Inc., and Sea Star Line LLC, operating companies of TOTE Inc., have agreed on the charter of the two liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered container ships being built by TOTE Shipholdings at NASSCO in San Diego, CA. The new Marlin Class ships will almost double the cargo capacity available to Puerto Rico each […]

  • FERC Okays Excelerate’s LNG Terminal off Puerto Rico

    28 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Excelerate Energy (Excelerate) has obtained authorization from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to, in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), site, construct, and operate the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project located offshore Puerto Rico.  The order confirms the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that showed that there was no significant environmental impact from the […]

  • Crowley Boosts North Atlantic-Puerto Rico Service

    19 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group revealed plans to add sailings between Pennsauken, N.J., and San Juan, Puerto Rico, this summer amid growing demand for additional shipping service in the Northeast. “With our accelerated sailing schedule, we have determined that we can add a sailing each month between Pennsauken and San Juan,” said John Hourihan, Crowley […]

  • FERC Okays Excelerate’s LNG Terminal off Puerto Rico

    28 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Excelerate Energy (Excelerate) has obtained authorization from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to, in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), site, construct, and operate the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project located offshore Puerto Rico.  The order confirms the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that showed that there was no significant environmental impact from the […]

  • US Denies Request for Puerto Rico Jones Act Waiver

    27 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied a request for Jones Act waiver to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. The Jones Act prohibits the transportation of cargo between points in the US. In wake of a number of hurricanes which hit the country recently, the DHS waived the act in an effort to help speed […]

  • Foreign Ships Not Using Jones Act Waiver for Puerto Rico

    6 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Not a single foreign vessel utilized the 10-day Jones Act waiver to deliver cargo from the US mainland to Puerto Rico, the American shipping industry executives told the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Democrats on October 3. Tote and Crowley, which operate two of the three receiving terminals in San Juan, informed that, to their best knowledge, […]

  • Crowley, Pivotal in another Puerto Rico LNG supply deal

    13 February 2018

    Crowley Fuels, a unit of the Jacksonville-based maritime solutions provider Crowley, has signed another multi-year supply contract with Pivotal LNG, part of Southern Company Gas. The contract, executed through Crowley subsidiary Carib Energy, calls for Crowley to transport liquefied natural gas from Pivotal facilities on the mainland to a major pharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico, the duo said […]

  • Puerto Rico: Dredging on Puerto Nuevo Channel Under Way

    18 January 2011

    The AquaExpreso water shuttle between Old San Juan and Hato Rey will be shut down for two weeks starting Monday due to dredging and cleanup… (caribbeanbusinesspr) [mappress] Source: caribbeanbusinesspr, January 18, 2011;

  • Global Ports Holding Vying for Puerto Rico Cruise Port

    22 August 2019

    The company has secured two cruise port concessions in America so far this year.