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M/V ARC Independence, formerly M/V Faust is a large ro-ro car carrier built in 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for Wallenius Lines AB, Sweden.It is currently (since 2018 or 2019) operated by American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC), having formerly served with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. [1]
The Wallenius Wilhelmsen group trades under the main brands of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions (formerly known as Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics), EUKOR, American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC), United European Car Carriers (UECC) and Armacup. Total income for 2019 was USD 3.9 billion [1] with 9,400 employees [2 ...
Prior to the restructuring and division of its services as the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group in 2017, the company offered a range of logistics services, including supply chain management, ocean transportation using neo-bulk cargo ships, [3] [4] [5] terminal handling, inland distribution and technical services.
Its first car carrier vessel was purchased and named mv Hyundai No.1. In the following years, three shipping lanes to Europe, Australia, and India were opened. [1] In August 2002, Wilh. Wilhelmsen and Wallenius Lines each purchased 40% of the equity. Hyundai Motors and Kia split the remaining 20% equity stake. [2] It was re-branded to EUKOR.
Such ships are optimized for transatlantic routes. The first vessel based on the concept is planned to set sail in 2026. [8] In February 2021, shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced their intention to order a vessel of the Oceanbird concept, tentatively named Orcelle Wind. [9]
ARC is the largest US-flag Roll-on/roll-off carrier, and the second largest US-flag shipping line overall operating in international trade. [1]The company was founded in 1990, and is presently headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida [2] and it is part of Wilh.
The main deck can take loads 7.1 m high – more than other vessels – allowing very large loads. The total deck space is 50,335 m 2 and cargo volume is 138,000 m³. Internal ramps are 8 metres wide; The weather deck (which can be used for outsize or unusual loads, such as wind turbine blades) also has a 4m wide ramp from below, to reduce the ...
Wallenius Marine is a ship design and ship management company in Sweden. [1] Headquartered in Stockholm , the company has additional offices in Singapore [ 2 ] and employs some 800 people. The company was spun off from Wallenius Lines in 2003 to focus on ship management and technical services, as well as newbuilding and design.