NORWEGIAN shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen named the newest ship to its fleet, the "Tortugas", at a ceremony in Singapore earlier this week.
Speaking at the event, company chairman Wilhelm Wilhelmsen said the addition of the Tortugas represented another important step for the company.
"This new Pure Car and Pure Truck Carrier (PCTC) is ideally suited in carrying the mix of cargoes we ship to and from Southeast Asia through Singapore every year including cars, agricultural machinery, construction equipment and specialist freight such as yachts and power generation equipment," he said.
The Tortugas, the sixth of 10 new ships from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is said to be environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient.
The new vessel is one of a series of ships to receive the ShipPax Award for Outstanding Ro-Ro Cargo Decks.
"This design combines double bottom fuel tanks and solid ballast with cargo space that maximizes the capacity and flexibility to carry a wide variety of ro-ro cargoes," the statement said.
The company is scheduled to take delivery of eight more vessels between now and year-end 2009. Each will be capable of taking on between 6,345 to 8,000 vehicles.
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