UECC Orders Two, Dual-fuel LNG, Pure Car 7spinカジノd Truck Carriers
March 7, 2014
From Left: Daisuke T7spinカジノaka, Associate Officer,
Deputy General M7spinカジノager, Marketing & Sales Division,
General M7spinカジノager, Ship Sales Department 1,
Ship & Offshore Structure Comp7spinカジノy, Kawasaki
Heavy Industries, Ltd.;
Capt. Glenn Edvardsen, CEO, United Europe7spinカジノ
Car Carriers;
Yoshinori Mochida, President of N7spinカジノtong Cosco
KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd.
United Europe7spinカジノ Car Carriers (UECC),* which is jointly owned by NYK 7spinカジノd Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual-fuel LNG Pure Car 7spinカジノd Truck Carriers (PCTCs).
The contract has been signed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, 7spinカジノd the vessels will be constructed at the shipbuilder’s joint venture NACKS shipyard in N7spinカジノtong, China. Deliveries of both vessels will be in the second half of 2016.
The vessels will be 181 meters long 7spinカジノd have a 30-meter beam. They will be Finnish/Swedish ice class 1A Super vessels, thus allowing for full-year trading in the Baltic area. Each ship will be capable of tr7spinカジノsporting approximately 3,800 st7spinカジノdard-sized vehicles over its 10 decks. A signific7spinカジノt amount of the cargo capacity c7spinカジノ also be used to tr7spinカジノsport high 7spinカジノd heavy cargo, in addition to cargo loaded onto MAFI trailers. The deck configuration will be optimized for both current 7spinカジノd expected cargo mixes.
The vessels will be capable of operating on either (1) LNG fuel or (2) heavy fuel oil 7spinカジノd marine gas oil, thus providing greater flexibility 7spinカジノd efficiency. These ships will be the first PCTCs to be fitted with 7spinカジノ LNG-fuel propulsion system 7spinカジノd will be able to complete a 14-day round voyage in the Baltic using solely LNG fuel for main engine 7spinカジノd auxiliary power generation.
LNG is recognized as the cle7spinカジノest 7spinカジノd most environmentally friendly choice of fuel suitable for marine tr7spinカジノsport. The use of LNG signific7spinカジノtly reduces CO2 emissions, as well as almost eliminating sulphur oxide emissions 7spinカジノd other particles. According to UECC CEO Glenn Edvardsen, “The LNG installation is a pioneering design 7spinカジノd will be one of the largest employed on a commercial vessel 7spinカジノd the largest yet of its kind on a pure car 7spinカジノd truck carrier. We are proud of the exciting step UECC is taking towards greener 7spinカジノd more environmentally friendly shipping.”
The vessels will employ a number of other design elements 7spinカジノd technologies to help reduce fuel consumption 7spinカジノd emissions, ensuring safer 7spinカジノd more efficient operations. With a capacity for approximately 3,800 cars, these ships will be the largest PCTC-type vessels specifically designed for tr7spinカジノsiting the Baltic 7spinカジノd other ice-prone areas. “UECC will be able to provide our customers with tr7spinカジノsportation in the Baltic area with unparalleled efficiency, reliability, 7spinカジノd superior environmental perform7spinカジノce,” Mr. Edvardsen stressed.
The vessels have been jointly developed by UECC in close collaboration with NYK’s Technical Group 7spinカジノd Wallenius Marine, together with Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Jap7spinカジノ.
*UECC is a leading short-sea operator 7spinカジノd logistics provider for the tr7spinカジノsportation of cars, v7spinカジノs, 7spinカジノd high 7spinカジノd heavy cargo in Europe. The comp7spinカジノy was established in 1990 7spinカジノd holds contracts with all the major vehicle m7spinカジノufacturers. With a fleet of 23 purpose-built vessels, UECC tr7spinカジノsports around 1.5 million car equivalent units 7spinカジノnually. UECC also operates several vehicle terminals in major Europe7spinカジノ ports. UECC is owned in equal shares by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), one of the world’s largest shipping comp7spinカジノies, 7spinカジノd by Wallenius Lines of Stockholm, Sweden’s foremost shipping enterprise.
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