In a hurry to clean up shipping?
The answer lies in fries Make haste, not waste In a hurry to clean up shipping? The answer lies in fries. Car and truck carrier UECC runs its Auto Sky vessel on CO2-free sustainable biofuel made from spent fast-food cooking oil. By giving this otherwise unusable waste a place in the value chain, UECC is […]
Read moreShips born again
-with ‘smoothie’ fuel In a 12-month trial, United European Car Carriers (UECC) replaced conventional fuel with biofuel onboard the 20-year-old, 140m long Ro-Ro vessel Autosky. The results give a tantalising view of how aging assets can be transformed into environmental front-runners almost overnight. “Maybe there’s a better way.” With a stringent IMO target of reducing […]
Read moreInternational Women´s Day
congratulations! Gender equality is on the rise, also in shipping, and women are making their way into all sides of this exciting industry. UECC is proud to contribute to equal opportunities on all levels of the organization and will continue to have this focus when recruiting new employees! On International Women´s Day 2021 UECC can […]
Read moreIce ahead
no sweat! Sailing in demanding winter ice conditions in the Baltic Sea is all in a day’s work for the crews of UECC’s sophisticated workhorse PCTCs M/V Auto Eco and M/V Auto Energy. It might be bleak midwinter for landlubbers in Northern Europe coping with Covid-19 restrictions, but not so for UECC’s LNG-powered PCTCs Auto Eco […]
Read moreBiofuel on Autosky
12 month review As we close in on almost one year of continuous biofuel operation on our Autosky, we have the opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved with this fantastic vessel in the past 12 months. We have bunkered over 6,000 metric tonnes of biofuel in this period, exclusively supplied by GoodFuels, the […]
Read moreThe Neptune Declaration
Seafarers wellbeing The Covid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented crew change crisis which has led to hundreds of thousands of seafarers being impacted and in many instances left stranded on ships, beyond the expiry of their contracts.Despite significant efforts by international organizations, governments, industry associations, labor unions, NGOs and individual companies including the adoption on […]
Read more1st ship to ship LNG-LBG bunkering
UECC & Gasum make history UECC adds renewable biogas to eco-pedigree, teams up with Gasum for first LNG-LBG ro-ro bunkering Press Release On December 16th, the UECC PCTC M/V Auto Energy received the first ship-to-ship bunkering of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) blended with 10% renewable Liquefied Biogas (LBG). Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel Coralius performed the bunkering […]
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to Customers Dear UECC Customer, Oslo, October 21, 2020 Covid-19 – The Second Wave Five months have passed since our last update and it is time for a new update, as we see somechallenges coming with this very unfortunate second wave.First, we hope that you, and your loved ones, are safe and doing relatively well […]
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– UECC commits to UN’s Global Compact Initiative UECC joins a large business community that promotes more sustainable and responsible business practises Oslo, October 2020: The leading provider of short roro transportation in Europe, UECC, has committed investments and resources to the United Nations Global Compact Initiative. This is a voluntary leadership platform where close […]
Read moreTrams to Oslo
ECO friendly UECC’s eco-friendly PCTCs tagged for new Oslo tram transport Press Release 28 September 2020 Oslo, Norway: New trams for the City of Oslo, Norway, will be delivered using UECC’s eco-friendly duel-fuel LNG PCTC vessels, with new LNG battery-hybrid ships joining the mix in 2021. The deliveries link UECC, the leading sustainable short […]
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