PCTC

Höegh and Svitzer in carbon-cutting Australian EcoTow first

Copenhagen-headquartered towage giant Svitzer has delivered its first EcoTow solution in Australia to Höegh Autoliners first Aurora-class vessel, Höegh Aurora. Already claiming the title of “the world’s largest, greenest PCTC,” the 9,100 car capacity vessel used the EcoTow solution on its recent maiden voyage to four ports in Australia.

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

EcoTow is Svitzer’s proprietary carbon insetting solution. With the EcoTow solution, the carbon...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/hoegh-and-svitzer-in-carbon-cutting-australian-ecotow-first/

Wallenius Maritime carries out wind tunnel tests for world’s first sail-powered PCTC

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Sweden’s Wallenius Marine is getting nearer to achieving its goal of building the world’s first wind-powered PCTC (pure car and truck carrier). It is now conducting advanced wind tunnel tests to confirm its design. They are being carried out in Gothenburg by RISE Maritime Department (former SSPA), at one of Europe’s most advanced wind tunnels, with wind speeds of up to 250 km/h.

RISE Maritime has constructed a 5 x 2 meter model for the tests, using advanced technology. The model weighs 1.2 tons...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/wallenius-maritime-carries-out-wind-tunnel-tests-for-worlds-first-sail-powered-pctc/

“Fremantle Highway”: Friday Shipbrokers concludes charter contract with Boskalis

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  Friday Shipbrokers has chartered Boskalis’s heavy-lift vessel “Boka Vanguard” to transport the ship, a journey expected to take 55 days. Once in China, it will be restored and re-enter …

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https://maritime-professionals.com/fremantle-highway-friday-shipbrokers-concludes-charter-contract-with-boskalis/

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/

Clarksons looks at car carrier trade trends

car carrier trade trtends

Last week brought a slew of reports about ever larger car carriers being ordered and designed.
What’s all the buzz about? Despite electric vehicle sales disappointing automakers this year, a surge in global demand is still being forecast — and, with it, a surge in demand for car carrier capacity. Forbes has some interesting analysis on what this means for the auto industry. Meantime, for the marine industry, recent car carrier trade trends provide some insights and Clarksons Research’s David...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/clarksons-looks-at-car-carrier-trade-trends/

MacGregor’s equipment for world’s largest zero-carbon ready Aurora-class PCTCs

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been selected to supply comprehensive packages of RoRo equipment for an additional four multi-fuel and zero-carbon ready Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) for Höegh Autoliners. 

The post MacGregor’s equipment for world’s largest zero-carbon ready...

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/macgregors-equipment-for-worlds-largest-zero-carbon-ready-aurora-class-pctcs/

China Merchants unveils 11,000-CEU PCTC design

How big can car carriers get? As we reported Tuesday, Seaspan Corporation has just ordered six 10,800 CEU (car equivalent unit) capacity pure car truck carriers (PCTCs), with options for four more, at China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding. Now DNV reports that it has awarded another Chinese yard, China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) Co., Ltd, an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate for an 11,000-CEU PCTC design.

Currently the world’s largest car carrier design, the 234 meter long and...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/china-merchants-unveils-11000-ceu-pctc-design/

Seaspan Corporation gets into the PCTC sector, big time

The world’s largest lessor of containerships, Vancouver, B.C., based Seaspan Corporation, is getting into the Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) sector. It has signed an agreement with China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, covering the construction of six 10,800 CEU (car equivalent unit) capacity PCTCs, with options for four additional ships. According to Seaspan, they are largest car carriers under development to date, (by comparison, Höegh Autoliners’ Aurora Class vessels will have a 9,100...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/seaspan-corporation-gets-into-the-pctc-sector-big-time/

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