HUAL To Strengthen Short Seas
HUAL, one of the major global car carrier operators, has decided to split its short sea activities into two entities in order to enhance and expand service to short sea customers in Europe. HUAL has served the European short sea market through its French subsidiary Cetam SAS covering both pure car- and combined car/trailer segments. The activities in Cetam will now be split in order to further support growth in the two segments individually and meet the requirements from different categories of customers. HUAL entered into a joint-venture agreement with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS to cover the combined car/trailer segment under the name of LD Cetam SAS, whereas the pure car segment will be further developed through HUAL under the name Autoliners SAS.
New RoRos for Airbus
Höegh Autoliners AS together with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs S.A.S. (LDA) expand their commitments to Airbus by ordering two additional special purpose RoRo carriers for long term employment to Airbus. Höegh Autoliners and LDA have, through a jointly owned French subsidiary, entered into agreements with Airbus for the transportation of A 380 components between Hamburg, Cadiz, Mostyn, St. Nazaire and Bordeaux. The time charters have a duration of 20 years and can be extended by up to 10 more years. The agreements involve the ordering of two advanced RoRo vessels at Singapore Technology Marine (STM). The vessel specifications make them suited to carry both aircraft components and other RoRo cargo.
