CROWLEY ADDS 3RD WEEKLY SAILING TO U.S. GULF/CENTRAL AMERICA LINK

CROWLEY ADDS 3RD WEEKLY SAILING TO U.S. GULF/CENTRAL AMERICA LINK    Crowley Liner Services said it will add a third weekly fixed-day sailing to its service between Gulfport, Miss. and Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador in Central America.
   Starting the week of March 17, the roll-on/roll-off ship 'Siam' will be added to the service along with the 'Crowley Express' and 'Mar Caribe,' providing southbound sailings every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Gulfport.
   The additional vessel, along with the redeployment of other vessels, will result in a 12.5-percent increase in Crowley's overall weekly sailing capacity in each direction.
   Rotation for the service is Gulfport, Puerto Cortes, Honduras; Santo Tomas, Guatemala; and Gulfport. Overland service is provided to Managua, Nicaragua, via Puerto Cortes, and to San Salvador, El Salvador via Santo Tomas. Thursday's service from Gulfport calls at Havana, Cuba, and Puerto Cortes before returning to Gulfport.
   'Our business in the gulf is growing and we wanted to be able to respond to our customers' needs for frequent, dependable service in this region,' said Tom Crowley Jr., president and chief executive officer of Crowley Marine Corp., parent company of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Crowley Liner Services. 'I think our apparel and perishables customers will appreciate the added scheduling flexibility and frequency of service.'