Ship&Offshore | Issue 04/2024
Enova funds ammonia-powered PCTCs
Aurora class | Höegh Autoliners ASA has secured grants of almost USD 14 million for two Aurora-class pure car truck carriers (PCTCs) which will use ammonia as fuel. The Oslo-based shipping company, which has a target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2040, has a total of twelve PCTCs on order. The funding comes from Enova, which is owned by Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.The vessels will have a capacity of 9,100 CEU. All of the ships are designed to use LNG and low-sulphur oil as fuel but they also have the ‘ammonia-ready’ certification from DNV....