Alliance New York [ex Hoegh New York]
The Alliance New York is a car carrier built in April 2005. It is 656 feet long, has a beam of 105.8 feet and can sail at greater than 20 knots. Liberty Global Logistics chartered in the new Daewoo-built, 6100-car "Hoegh New York" and reflagged it in the U.S. as the "Alliance New York". The ship will be chartered back to Hoegh Autoliners but operated by Liberty. The new ship will replace Liberty's current US-flag car carrier, the similarly-sized "Splendid Ace".
The growth of the SIU-contracted Maritime Security Program (MSP) fleet continued with the formal reflagging of the car carrier Alliance New York under the Stars and Stripes. Ceremonies took place Nov. 10 in Baltimore and included addresses by Gen. Robert Magnus, assistant commandant, United States Marine Corps; Gen. Norton Schwartz, commander, United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM); Vice Adm. David Brewer, commander, United States Military Sealift Command (MSC); SIU President Michael Sacco; United States Deputy Maritime Administrator John Jamian; and officials from the respective companies Liberty Global Logistics, Alliance New York and Hoegh Autoliners.
The vessel is operated through a newly formed strategic alliance between those organizations. Liberty Global Logistics; Liberty Maritime Corp.; Alliance New York; and Hoegh Autoliners. This ship will be one of the most useful ships to come under the Department of Defense umbrella," he continued. She also has the added plus of allowing access to the Hoegh network and infrastructure. That means more flexibility, which means quicker response in time of need.
Liberty Global Logistics chartered in the new Daewoo-built, 6100-car "Hoegh New York" and reflagged it in the US as the "Alliance New York". The ship was chartered back to Hoegh Autoliners but operated by Liberty. The new ship replaced Liberty's current US-flag car carrier, the similarly-sized "Splendid Ace".
South Korea is now one of the world's largest shipbuilding nations, with the respect of shipowners and managers throughout the world. One market sector particularly looking to South Korean yards for newbuildings has been pure car and truck carriers (PCTC), both Norway's Leif Hoegh and Denmark's AP Moller ordering such ships at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) on Koje Island. The Hoegh vessels, capable of transporting some 6,000 units have hull numbers 4439 and 4440 due to be delivered in February 2006 and January 2007 respectively. They are sisterships to a series of five vessels, to be built at the same shipyard.
These ship are one of the new generation of 6000 + CEU (car equivalent unit) capacity Pure Car Truck Carriers [PCTCs]. HUAL TOKYO, the first in the series, was delivered in September last year, four months ahead of schedule. HÖEGH BERLIN was delivered three months ahead of schedule. In June 2005, the fourth vessel in the series, HÖEGH NEW YORK, was named in New York. Another was named in August 2005 in Hamburg for Höegh Autoliners AS. HÖEGH BERLIN is the fifth newbuilding in a series of nine PCTCS built by Daewoo in Okpo for delivery between 2003 and 2008. The sixth vessel was scheduled for mid-2006, followed by two more in 2007 and the last one in 2008. The ships are multi-purpose, single-screw roll-on/off vessels capable of carrying cars, heavy vehicles, road trailers, CKD, trucks, buses and rolling cargoes for worldwide services.
Under design, key components and installation supervision contracts, the TTS equipment comprises stern quarter and side ramps, internal ramps and covers, liftable car decks, doors, hatch covers and associated hydraulic machinery. The equipment, to be built of both high tensile and mild steel components, will be constructed in accordance with Det norske Veritas rules and regulations and will comply with all of the relevant safety conventions for such vessels. In addition, the stern and side ramps, movable decks and adjacent areas will be treated with special anti-skid polyurethane coating incorporating 1-3 mm "Dynagrip" stones.
The stern ramps for the Hoegh vessels will each weigh about 196 tonnes and are being designed to facilitate the carriage of heavy vehicles up to a total weight of 150 tonnes, with axle loads of 55 tonnes per four wheels. The ramps will be capable of loading one 40-foot trailer, itself weighing nine tonnes, loaded with cargo of 120 tonnes pulled by a tugmaster of 10.5 tonnes. In its closed position, each ramp will comprise a three-section watertight stern door.
Similarly, the 57-tonne side ramps will be built to allow the loading of vehicles up to 22 tonnes, with axle loads of up to 13.6 tonnes per four wheels. The side ramps will allow RoRo operations through openings in the ships' starboard sides, serving decks five and six. The vessels will have eleven internal cargo decks in total.
Höegh Autoliners Inc. is the North American division of Höegh Autoliners AS, the Oslo Norway based RoRo ocean transportation specialists. With offices worldwide and trade lanes that span the globe, Höegh Autoliners is the expert in ocean transporting a variety of rolling and static cargo at competitive prices.
Höegh Autoliners signed a contract with Liberty Global Logistics LLC (Liberty), a US company, to enter one modern Pure Car Truck Carrier into the US Maritime Security Program (MSP) for ten years with US Government approval. Alliance New York (previously Höegh New York) will be managed by Liberty under US Flag and will continue trading as before in Höegh Autoliners' global network.
Liberty, an affiliate of Liberty Shipping Group, was awarded one contract for a Ro/Ro carrier under the US Government's MSP for a ten-year period. Trading under US Flag gives access to commercially attractive US government preference and controlled cargo. The MSP contract requires US Flag operation, which was undertaken by Liberty.
Höegh Autoliners agreed with Liberty to supply one modern Pure Car Truck Carrier for the contract. The vessel was transferred to a separate wholly owned company in the US. A new wholly owned entity, Alliance Navigation LLC, was established to coordinate requests for capacity for cargo requiring US Flag in close cooperation with Höegh Autoliners, who will continue to trade the vessel in its global system.
"This opportunity gives us an attractive access to cargo requiring US Flag carriage", Thor Jørgen Guttormsen, President of Höegh Autoliners said. "The cost of operation will increase as a result of requirements under US Flag, but is offset by the financial support made available through the MSP contract with the US Government. We see this as an interesting business opportunity. Our objective is to increase the fleet of US Flag vessels." Liberty's affiliate is the largest privately held operator of US flag dry bulk vessels. The total MSP fleet comprised 48 vessels and increased to 60 vessels beginning on 1 October 2005.
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