Topic
Car carrier
Every Vessel Hunter story on Car carrier: 8 stories, from 11 July 2026 to 4 October 2026. Newest: "Global Car Carriers adds eight PCTCs in China, taking its orderbook to 20". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
Global Car Carriers adds eight PCTCs in China, taking its orderbook to 20
MSC-owned Global Car Carriers has ordered eight more 8,600 ceu LNG dual-fuel car carriers at three Chinese yards, lifting its newbuilding programme to 20 ships worth over $2bn.
ARC Freedom joins the US flag and the Maritime Security Program as ex-Figaro
American Roll-On/Roll-Off Carrier has moved the 2011-built car carrier Figaro to the US flag as ARC Freedom, adding nearly 8,000 units of sealift capacity to MARAD's Maritime Security Program.
CSSC Takes a $1bn Car Carrier Order and Two More PCTCs for SFL at SMM
Guangzhou Shipyard International signed for 10 LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carriers worth more than $1bn, with market sources naming Ray Car Carriers as the owner.
Ray Car Carriers Shifts $1bn PCTC Order From Korea to China
Israeli owner Ray Car Carriers is finalising a series of 8,600-car PCTC newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International worth about $1bn, breaking a long reliance on Korean yards.
Car Carrier Emissions Data Gets a Formal Governance Body in GRC Council
The Global Ro-Ro Community has established a council to govern its emissions accounting methodology and data handling rules for the car carrier trades.
COSCO Car Carrier Abandoned Off Costa Rica After Engine Room Fire
All twenty-two crew were rescued from a COSCO car carrier that caught fire in the engine room some 630 miles south of Costa Rica, recovered by a passing bulk carrier.
Chinese carmakers improvise around a car-carrier shortage
Facing a shortage of specialised car carriers, Chinese automakers are shipping vehicles on flat racks, containers and converted cargo ships.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes delivery of first Shaper Class car carrier
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has taken delivery of Arctic Tern, the first in its dual-fuel, methanol-ready Shaper Class series.
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