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Shipping firm doubles car transport capacity from Shanghai to Persian Gulf amid rising exports

COSCO Shipping Car Carriers Co's sea route from Shanghai to the Persian Gulf began operations on Saturday as an auto carrier loaded with Chinese-made vehicles departed, the company said.  The auto carrier carrying 3,859 vehicles will arrive at …
Nov 28, 2022 / Curious

Grimaldi Group orders five + five ammonia-ready 9,000 CEU capacity PCTC’s

RO-RO Italy’s Grimaldi Group continues its ambitious fleet expansion plan apace, with its latest order for five + five ammonia-ready 9,000 CEU capacity PCTC’s at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s Jiangsu shipyard. The contract value for the confirmed …
Nov 22, 2022 / Vessels

SFL - Acquisition of Car Carrier with long term charter

SFL Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: SFL) (SFL) announced today that it has agreed to acquire a Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC) in combination with a long-term time charter to a leading car carrier operator until 2028. The Company expects to take delivery of …
Nov 3, 2022 / Vessels

Grimsby River Terminal welcomes the first sustainable car carrier

MV Auto Achieve berthed at the Grimsby River Terminal (GRT)The Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) welcomed the first deep sea car carrier powered by a multi-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG)/battery hybrid engine carrying a cargo of Kia vehicles.MV Auto …
Aug 12, 2022 / Vessels

MOL trials microplastic collection device on its car carrier

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Miura Co., Ltd. (Miura) on Tuesday (Jul05) announced the development of new centrifugal-type microplastic (MP) collection device, which can continuously collect MPs while a vessel is underway, by leveraging their …
Jul 7, 2022 / Vessels

MOL Conducts Carbon-offset Voyage with Car Carrier Offsetting CO2 Emissions from Ocean Transport of Completed Cars for Europe

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that one of the company's car carriers completed a carbon-offset voyage for the ocean transportation of completed cars from Japan to Europe by using voluntary carbon credits (Note 1). This …
Jun 15, 2022 / Curious

MOL and CAEM signs a contract for development and use of new Marine Exhaust Treatment System for car carriers in California

Contributing air pollution control in CaliforniaMitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that MOL has agreed to a contract to provide the funds for Clean Air Engineering Maritime, Inc (CAEM), a ship-auxiliary generator exhaust treatment …
May 12, 2022 / Vessels

MAN Cryo to supply FGSSs for new dual-fuel car carriers

MAN Cryo, part of MAN Energy Solutions and a leading expert in the field of storage and handling of LNG and natural gas, has announced the signing of a contract with Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard for the delivery of the fuel-gas supply systems (FGSSs) …
May 9, 2022 / Curious

MOL to Build 4 Additional LNG-fueled Car Carriers

Progressing towards '90 LNG-fueled Vessels by 2030' TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that it reached an agreement with Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd. and Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd. to build four 7,000-unit capacity car carriers …
May 9, 2022 / Vessels

China Merchants Jinling receives 4+2+2 PCTC orders from GCC

Gram Car Carriers ASA (GCC) announced the formation of Global Auto Carriers AS (GAC) for the purpose of ordering four 7,000 CEU dual fuel Pure Car Truck Carriers from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) Co., Ltd. GAC will hold options for an …
Apr 26, 2022 / Vessels