Guangzhou Yuanhai Car Carrier Transportation, a joint venture led by Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, will collaborate with Japan’s Santoku Senpaku to order six LNG-powered pure car and truck carriers in China.
The dual-fuel LNG-powered PCTCs will have a capacity of 7,500 units, according to a statement by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry, which along with Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, will build the ships.
The six new LNG dual-fuel vessels will have a length of 199.9 meters, a width of 38 meters, and 13 decks.
They are also designed to meet the requirements of the International Maritime Organization’s TIER III emission standards, and adopts dual-fuel hybrid power and a number of environmentally friendly technologies, which will greatly reduce sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and carbon dioxide emissions during operation, making it a new generation of environmentally friendly ships.
