RS Atlantico – Eastern Pacific's new dual-fuel vehicle carrier with 5,500CEU capacity
Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has added a new LNG
dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) to its fleet, and the vessel is now
on her first voyage to Europe on charter to Spanish logistics group Suardiaz. Capable of transporting 5,500 CEUs, RS
Atlantico is the lead ship of a series built by China's Xiamen Shipbuilding
Industry (XSI) to a design by China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary
Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute (SDARI). The PCTC is EPS's first newbuilding
chartered to Suardiaz, which said she is the first LNG-powered car carrier
operated under charter by a Spanish company.
The ship was handed over on September 28. EPS said the design
was developed jointly with Suardiaz around specific customer requirements.
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