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Great Ships of 2015

With Contributions from: Greg Trauthwein, Joe Keefe, Eric Haun, Henrik Segercrantz & William Stoichevski

New Horizon Class PCTC

Image: Höegh Autoliners Shipping ogy on the market has been implemented friendly refrigerants and is prepared for tanks, as well as having reserved space

New Horizon Class PCTC

The New Horizon class multi-purpose on. The hull form, developed through larger diesel and low sulphur fuel oil for future scrubber installation.

Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC) design extensive model testing, optimizes high cargo capacity with low fuel consump-

Shipowner Höegh Autoliners Shipping AS for Norway’s Höegh Autoliners is inno-

Length, o.a. 199.9 m vative in many ways. The PCTC class tion both regarding sea and wind resis-

Length, b.p. 193 m of vessels is the world’s largest, and also tance. Höegh Autoliners estimates the

Breadth, molded 36.5 m the ? rst Post (old) Panamax PCTC’s for new class emits 50 percent less CO2

Draft, max. 10.3 m per car transported than a standard car

Draft, design 9.35 m

Höegh. In all six vessels have been or-

Air draft 46.5 m carrier. With an attained EEDI (Energy dered from China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding

Gross tonnage 76,420 GT

Industry Co., Ltd. for delivery this and Ef? ciency Design Index) of about 39%

Deadweight 22,068 dwt next year. The ? rst vessel, named Höegh below the IMO reference line, the New

Cargo capacity 8,500 ceu

Horizon class PCTC is compliant with

Deck area 71,400 m2

Target, was delivered in early July.

Number of cargo decks 14

There are 14 cargo decks with a total Phase 3 of the EEDI regulations.

Number of hoistable decks 5

The class incorporates a modern elec- deck space of 71,400 sq. m. allowing

Max load 375 tons tronically controlled slow speed MAN 8,500 car equivalent units (ceu). Flex-

Max cargo height 6.5 m

Main Engine 1 x MAN 6S60ME-C engine, 11,735kW ibility is provided through ? ve hoistable 6S60ME-C main engine, with a power

Auxiliary generator engines 2x 9L21/31 + 1x 5L21/31 CSSC Marine Power Co.

decks. The ramps are also hoistable. The of 11,735 kW, with NOx monitoring and

Emergency generator engine 1xQSM11, Cummins Inc.

higher door opening enables 6.5 meters an online engine performance system. At

Propeller MAN Kappel propeller high and 12 meters wide cargo to be sea, the main engines also produce the

Auxiliary boilers .................................1x exhaust gas boiler Mission OS-2000, Alfa Laval Aalborg 1x oil ? red boiler, Alfa Laval Aalborg loaded. Cargo weighing up to 375t can auxiliary power. Latest type of ballast

Tunnel thruster TCT-220A Nakashima Propeller be loaded over the stern ramp and 22t water treatment systems and LED lights

Speed service 18 knots are used. Information technology con- over the side ramp.

Ramps, Doors, Hoistable decks TTS Marine

The design has been developed in trols the operation of the vessel through-

Crew, max 23 out each voyage. Latest underwater

Classi? cation DNV GL close cooperation with Deltamarin. De-

Class notation +1A1 Car carrier BIS BWM(T) Clean COAT-PSPC(B) E0 Ice(C) MCDK NAUT(OC) TMON paint and anti-fouling reduces the drag. signed to minimize its impact on the en-

Flag NIS (Norway International Register)

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