The Crowley Express News

After many months of trying to gain entrance to the Cuba market, Crowley Liner Services succeeded in a big way Sunday, making the first commercial cargo delivery directly from the United States to Havana, Cuba in nearly 40 years. Crowley's Express departed Gulfport, Miss., about 6 p.m. December 14 with 500 tons of containerized frozen chicken and arrived dockside in Cuba about 12:30 p.m. December 16, approximately three-and-a-half hours ahead of a bulk ship that had departed New Orleans December 14 with corn. This was the first shipment by Crowley for Alimport, the Cuban agency involved with purchasing food products for its country. Alimport contracted with Crowley to transport containerized frozen poultry and dry food products from the United States to Cuba in late November.

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