The tanker American Energy is 900 feet long with a black hull; its bridge reaches the height of a ten-story building. Jutting out of the top deck are the squared-off corners of the ship’s enormous liquefied natural gas storage tanks—painted a turquoise that complements the waters of the port of #Peñuelas, on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. There, in June, the #ship—owned by Jacksonville, Florida–based shipping company Crowley Maritime—made its first delivery to the island of 35 million gallons (130,000 cubic meters) of super-chilled (to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit) liquid natural gas (LNG) sourced from American shale frackers. That’s enough in one shipment to generate the electricity to power 80,000 homes for a year, says Tom Crowley Jr., the 58-year-old chairman and majority owner of #CrowleyMaritime. #AmericanEnergy is a new ship for Crowley, but despite its gleaming appearance, it’s far from new. It was built in 1994 and was headed to the scrap heap before Crowley picked it u...