Andreas Enger

Höegh Aurora claims crown of world’s largest, greenest, PCTC

Three years after launching its Aurora Class design, Norway’s Höegh Autoliners yesterday took deliver of the first vessel in the class, Höegh Aurora. Built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu, China, it has a length of 199 meters, a beam of 37.8 meters and a capacity of up to 9,100 cars. That’s 600 cars up on the previous “world’s largest” in the PCTC category, Höegh Autoliners’ Horizon class.

Though not the world’s first “ammonia ready” ship, Höegh Aurora and the other...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/hoegh-aurora-claims-crown-of-worlds-largest-greenest-pctc/

Höegh Autoliners in strategic partnership with biofuel supplier VARO

Shipping’s customers, including auto manufacturers, are looking to wring carbon out of their supply chains. Leading car carrier operator, Oslo-headquartered Höegh Autoliners has plans for its next-generation of ships to operate on zero-carbon ammonia. Meantime, with ammonia still a while away, it has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss-based VARO Energy aimed at advancing decarbonization through the supply of advanced biofuels for deep-sea transportation from Europe.

VARO’s biofuels...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/hoegh-autoliners-in-strategic-partnership-with-biofuel-supplier-varo/

Höegh Autoliners could be bunkering clean ammonia in JAXPORT by 2027

clean ammonia signing picture

Höegh Autoliners and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on the supply and delivery of clean ammonia as a next-generation sustainable maritime fuel for Höegh’s upcoming Aurora Class PCTC vessels. The agreement will see them look into the supply of clean ammonia as a bunker fuel at the ports of Singapore and Jacksonville, Fla. (JAXPORT) from 2027 onwards.

The twelve Aurora Class vessels are set to become the largest and most eco-friendly car carriers ever...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/hoegh-autoliners-could-be-bunkering-clean-ammonia-in-jaxport-by-2027/