New state-of-the-art ship for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
M/V Tijuca named at ceremony in Melbourne, Australia.One of world's largest and most environmentally adapted car and truck carrying vessels, M/V Tijuca, was named in Melbourne, Australia. The Lady Sponsor is Mrs Andrea Schrempp, wife of Wolfgang D Schrempp, President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific, an important global customer for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL).
Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific has had a successful and long-standing relationship with WWL and its predecessors with the importation of cars and other vehicles to Australia/New Zealand for over 50 years.
Built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in Korea for owner Wilh. WIlhelmsen, M/V Tijuca is able to carry up to 8,000 cars or a combination of 3,486 cars and 466 trucks/buses. Key customer benefits of the new vessel are reinforced and moveable vehicle decks and an extra wide and strong 320 tonnes capacity stern ramp.
Investment for improved service
The new ship will replace an older and smaller vessel in the WWL Australia service, offering great dependability with increased capacity for high and heavy rolling cargoes such as agricultural, mining and construction machinery and non-containerised and static cargoes such as power generation and mining equipment. This service provides six sailings per month from Europe, including four direct from North America.
Greg Martin, Regional Director for WWL Australia, says: "Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has been calling Australia and the port of Melbourne for over 100 years. The introduction of MV Tijuca demonstrates our continued commitment to offering our customers exceptional service. Together with our modern technical services facilities and supply chain management capabilities we are able to provide customers with a cost-effective supply chain."
As the provider of infrastructure in the port, Melbourne Port Corporation has an important role to play in securing the future of RoRo operations in the port in the interests of import and export customers servicing the Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian markets. WWL integrated factory to dealer supply chain model requires continued development and modernisation of cost effective facilities in the port that are seamlessly linked to the companies vehicle processing and distribution facilities.
Greg Martin continues: "As we welcome Tijuca today, we are already working closely with the Port of Melbourne Corporation evaluating marine terminal requirements for our next generation Mark V RoRo vessels, to be launched in 2011, and for the longer term in the port of Melbourne."
State-of-the-art environmental technology
Care for the environment is also a key feature of this new LCTC vessel. The M/V Tijuca is a state-of-the-art vessel, utilising world class environmental design elements. This will reduce CO2 emissions by 15 per cent per transported unit, as well as reducing emissions of SOx and particulate matters. She also has a very low NOx emission engine that is able to use bunkers with as low as one per cent of sulphur content. This dramatically improves her performance, reducing NOx emissions 35 per cent below current international regulations.
In addition, the new vessel has a number of built-in measures that will help WWL reach its ambitious environmental targets for 2009 and beyond. They include preparation for a state-of-the-art ballast water treatment system, using biodegradable oil in all hydraulic systems, and using an effective Marinfloc Bilge Water Flocculant Plant system which exceeds current international regulations. M/V Tijuca has a Green Passport.
More about WWL
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is jointly owned by Wilh. Wilhelmsen of Norway and Wallenius Lines of Sweden.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is a leading independent provider of global factory-to-dealer transport solutions for automotive, agricultural and construction equipment industries. The company also specialises in handling complicated project cargo such as rail cars, power generators, mining equipment, and yachts. WWL's sophisticated supply chain management services ensure an efficient integration of ocean services, inland distribution, terminal handling, and a comprehensive range of specialised technical services.
WWL employs 3000 people and deploys 60 modern eco-friendly vessels, serving 20 trade routes to five continents. WWL transports four million vehicles annually: two million by sea and two million inland. The company has a strong environmental focus and is an industry leader in developing innovative solutions to reduce its operational impacts on the environment.
Since September 2004, WWL works closely with WWF, the global conservation organisation, to preserve and promote the conservation of marine life on the high seas.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Media Contacts:
Global: Robert Minton-Taylor
Global Media Relations Manager
Tel: +44 7947 818 816
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Please email Robert Minton-Taylor at:
robert.minton-taylor@2wglobal.com
Page updated: May 19, 2009
