On November 28, the fourth 7,500 CEU LNG dual-fuel PCTC (pure car and track carrier) in the series, constructed by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for Japan’s Santoku Senpaku, smoothly launched under the joint escort of tugboats and berthed precisely at No. 3 Wharf. This marks the vessel’s official entry into the critical phase of outfitting and mooring commissioning.
Throughout the entire in-dock construction phase, Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry tackled the bottleneck of cross-professional overlapping operations through refined overall planning. All operational departments pooled their efforts and rose to challenges against adverse circumstances, achieving dual breakthroughs in technological innovation and management efficiency. The completion rate of the vessel upon launching has achieved a qualitative leap compared with previous projects, laying a solid core foundation for the efficient advancement of subsequent commissioning work.
The 7,500 CEU LNG dual-fuel PCTC is a post-Panamax car carrier powered by LNG. The vessel is 199.9m long, 38m wide, and 14.8m deep, with a design draft of 8.65m. It has 13 car decks, 9 of which are fixed and 4 are movable, providing 7,500 standard parking spaces.
Internal connections between decks are achieved via fixed/movable ramps, making it a single- propeller, dual-fuel main engine-driven PCTC. The vessel employs an LNG dual-fuel propulsion system equipped with world-leading low-pressure gas supply technology, reducing carbon emissions by over 30% compared to conventional fuel-powered vessels. It meets the highest environmental standards set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), contributing to the low-carbon transformation of global shipping.