Car Carriers
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Operations
Car carrier trades smash multiple records
Record car trade volumes by sea are on track to stand 12% above pre-covid levels this year, and 19% above…
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Tech
K Line car carrier completes landmark roundtrip using autonomous navigation system
A Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) car carrier has completed a 1,600 km roundtrip voyage across Japan using an autonomous…
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Car carrier hijacked by the Houthis located
The car carrier, hijacked by Iran-backed Houthis, has been located in the region of the port of Hodeidah in Yemen. …
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Middle East
Ships divert following Houthi capture of a car carrier
The heightened risk for Israeli-linked ships passing through the Red Sea in the wake of a car carrier hijacking on…
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Middle East
Car carrier seized by Houthis
A ship owned by Ray Car Carriers and operated by Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) was hijacked by the Houthis…
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Tech
MOL rolls out tech to combat fire scourge across its car carrier fleet
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will install cameras and an AI system developed by Israeli firm Captain’s Eye in…
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Hyundai Glovis lines up orders for world’s largest car carriers
South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis is set to build the world’s largest pure car and truck carriers. The shipping and logistics…
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Höegh Autoliners sheds one car carrier and buys another
Norwegian car carrier player Höegh Autoliners has reached an agreement for the sale of one and the acquisition of another…
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Operations
Gram Car Carriers panamax wins five-year $114m charter
Norwegian tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC) has signed a five-year time charter deal for the 2007-built Viking Queen car…
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New owner looking to repair and flip fire-burnt car carrier Freemantle Highway
Netherlands-based Koole Contractors has become the new owner of the fire-damaged car carrier Fremantle Highway. Koole Contractors will not be…
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Neptune Lines orders LNG dual-fuel car carriers at Fujian Mawei
Greek vehicle carrier owner and operator Neptune Lines is expanding its fleet with an order for a pair of LNG…
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Gram Car Carriers takes full control of managed vessel
Norwegian tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC) has taken full ownership of a car carrier under management. GCC is the…
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Operations
Ford Australia charters Cido car carrier
Ford Australia has signed a three-year charter to take Cido Shipping’s 2,600 ceu car carrier . The ship will ply…
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Operations
Battered and fire-struck car carrier finally reaches port
The battered and bruised reached its resting place in Eemshaven port on Thursday around 2 PM local time, nine days…
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Towing of burning Fremantle Highway car carrier underway
The tow of the burning car carrier to a temporary location started on Sunday afternoon after being ablaze for several…
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Operations
Burning car carrier too hot to board, another attempt set for later today
A salvage team was unable to enter the car carrier which has been on fire since Tuesday evening as the…
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Operations
Car carrier still burning near Dutch UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Dutch coastguard is trying to cool down the car carrier which has been on fire for over 24 hours.…
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Operations
One dead and several injured in major fire onboard car carrier
Around midnight on July 25, the Dutch coastguard received a report that a major fire broke out on the car…
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Operations
Gram Car Carriers increases stake in managed car carrier
Norwegian tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC) has bought an additional interest in one of its managed ships. GCC made…
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Shipyards
Höegh Autoliners orders four more car carriers from China Merchants Heavy
Norway’s Höegh Autoliners has exercised an option to construct an additional four new multi-fuel and net zero carbon ready Aurora…
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