Singapore’s Eastern Pacific Shipping has taken delivery of the second LNG-powered pure car and truck carrier which will serve a charter deal with CMA CGM’s unit CEVA Logistics.
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai on Monday handed over the LNG dual-fuel PCTC, CMA CGM Silverstone, to Idan Ofer’s EPS.
Also, the shipbuilder owned by China Merchants said this is the second ship of its 7000 ceu dual-fuel car carrier series.
China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai is building in total six LNG-powered PCTCs for EPS.
At nearly 200 meters in length, the new vessel has the capacity to transport 7,000 cars and its deck surface is spread across 12 levels.
With a width of 38 meters, the ship has a gross tonnage of 72,000 tons and will move at a max speed of 19 knots.
The RoRo vessels’ hybrid power system includes both LNG and electric battery capabilities and it is equipped with two 2000 cbm LNG tanks.
CEVA Logistics
Last year, CMA CGM’s unit CEVA Logistics entered the car carrier segment with a charter deal for four of these LNG-powered PCTCs owned by EPS and CMA CGM Silverstone is the second vessel in this batch.
The Chinese shipbuilder delivered the first PCTC, CMA CGM Indianapolis, in December 2023.
These four vessels will allow CEVA to transport about 140,000 vehicles annually between global markets, especially China and Europe, it previously said.
CEVA said at the time that it expects to take delivery of all of the vessels by the end of 2024.