Hijacking – Car Carrier GALAXY LEADER – 19.11.2023
On Sunday 19th November, 2023 , NYK Chartered Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) GALAXY LEADER was named hijacked by Iran-affiliated Houthi militia, who described her as “an Israeli ship,” and taken to a Yemeni port. Al Jazeera News Agency cited a Houthi spokesman as saying the seizure of the ship was in response to […]
Vehicle Carriers – HOEGH BANGKOK sale and HOEGH JACKSONVILLE purchase – October 2023
Norwegian roll-on/roll-off shipping company Höegh Autoliners ASA has recently reached an agreement for the sale of the 2007 built car carrier HOEGH BANGKOK. She was built in Croatia by Uljanik Shipyard at Pula with 6,500 CEU as cargo capacity and 100 metric tons of ramp capacity. The vessel will be sold for a price of […]
Vehicle Carriers – LNG Battery Hybrid PCTC AUTO ACHIEVE – 28.07.2022
On Thursday 28th July, 2022 the 2022 built LNG Battery Hybrid Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) AUTO ACHIEVE was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 35 nautical miles offshore Malta. She’s the second ship from a series of 3 LNG Battery Hybrid newbuilds being built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China […]
Vehicle Carriers – HOEGH TRIGGER
The world’s largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) is the 2015 built HOEGH TRIGGER with a carrying capacity of 8,500 car equivalent units (CEU). She was built in China by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry at Xiamen with yard number 462B as HOEGH TRIGGER, the second vessel in a series of 6 Post-Panamax vessels under the […]
