AD Ports Group’s Noatum Maritime has taken delivery of its first LNG-powered pure car and truck carrier (PCTC).
According to a statement by UAE’s AD Ports, the LNG-powered vessel, Ugr Al Samha, will be utilized by the recently formed JV with Turkiye’s Erkport, “United Global Ro-Ro.”
Noatum Maritime owns a 60 percent stake in the JV, with Erkport owning the remaining 40 percent.
Forming part of Noatum Maritime’s Ro-Ro expansion strategy, the newbuild vessel boasts 12 decks covering a total area of 59,331 square meters with a capacity of more than 7,000 car equivalent units (CEU), the statement said.
The vessel will join the existing fleet being operated by United Global Ro-Ro and will be deployed mostly on routes within the Middle East, Asia and the Mediterranean, with the aim of connecting global hubs and enhancing vehicle logistics and high and heavy cargo transportation.
AD Ports did not provide further details regarding the PCTC.
VesselsValue data shows that this vessel, previously known as Electric Star, was purchased from Greece’s Atlas Maritime.
In January this year, China’s CIMC Raffles in Yantai, a unit of CIMC, hosted a naming ceremony for Atlas Maritime’s two LNG dual-fuel PCTCs, Electric Star and Green Star.
According to VesselsValue, Noatum Maritime purchased both of these PCTCs from Atlas Maritime for $115 million each.
These two vessels are part of a series of four LNG dual-fuel PCTCs with a capacity of 7,000 ceu.
The SDARI-designed PCTCs feature two type C LNG tanks each with a capacity of 1,650 cbm.
In addition, the vessels are equipped with MAN 6S60ME-C10.5-GI-EcoEGR main engine and are ammonia-ready.