"The safe transit of this oversize load from the US to Honduras demonstrates Crowley's continued commitment to service in Latin America and to handling oversize loads with great care and expertise," said John Hourihan, Crowley senior vice president and general manager, Latin America services. "The move offered Crowley the opportunity to showcase its abilities while working with an important, established customer, Fruit of the Loom."
Once received in Gulfport, Miss., the boiler was lifted onto a custom lowboy by a crane that Crowley had contracted for this specific move. It was then loaded aboard the Caribe Merchant for the four-day transit to Puerto Cortez, Honduras, where Crowley again arranged transportation inland from the port to the Fruit of the Loom factory in Merendon.
Crowley is well known throughout the industry for its ability to handle the large and unusual. For example, in recent years, the company handled the transport of 76 subway cars from Jacksonville, FL, to San Juan, Puerto Rico for use in the Tren Urbano project. The 90-foot long railcars each measured 10.51 feet wide, 15.83 feet high and weighed 142,530 pounds. Additionally, the company shipped a 24-foot long by 14-foot wide by 15-foot high water heater from Texas to Honduras, three bottle washers each weighing 22,000 pounds from St. Louis to the Dominican Republic, and 29 double-stack railcars from Port Everglades to Panama.