By Wu Xiaoyun and Peng Junjun

At about 15:00 on 18th October, accompanied by a melodious horn sound, the largest and most environmentally friendly roll on/roll off ship ‘Höegh Aurora’ was officially delivered at China Merchants Industry Haimen Base, and set out to Shanghai.

The ship is the second dual-fuel and zero-carbon-ready ‘Aurora’ roll on/roll off built by China Merchants Industry Haimen Base. It is 199.9m long. The moulded breadth is 37.6m, and the moulded depth is 14.53m. The designed draft is 9.35m. It can load 9,100 cars. It is equipped with 1 low speed dual fuel main engine and 3 dual fuel power generators and it can use LNG and conventional fuel, with the Norwegian DNV classification society's ‘Ammonia Fuel Ready’ and ‘Methanol Fuel Ready’ classification notations. It is the first type of ship that can use carbon-neutral fuel in roll on/roll off field at present.