LNG

Nov 26 (LNGJ) - Crowley Maritime Corp., the Florida-based shipping company, said it signed a contract with VT Halter Marine Inc., of Pascagoula, Mississippi, to build two of the world's first LNG-power ConRo ships, which are designed to travel at speeds up to 22 knots and carry containers ranging in size from 20 feet long to 53ft and with hundreds of vehicles in enclosed, weather-tight car decking. The American-built, crewed and owned ships, scheduled for delivery in the second and fourth quarter of 2017, will replace Crowley's towed triple-deck barge fleet which have traded since the early 1970s.