The vessel, with a length of 200 metres, has a loading capacity for 8,500 vehicles

The general director of the Harbour Authority of Valencia, Francesc Sánchez, has delivered the traditional "socarrat" to the master of the ship "Höegh Tracer," one of the largest car carriers in the world, as a welcome sign and as a reminder of the first scale in the port of Valencia... the ship, specialized in the transport of cars and platforms, has a capacity of 8,500 cars on an interior surface, distributed on 14 decks, equivalent to 10 football fields.

Francesc Sánchez has stressed the importance of the scale of a ship of these characteristics for the port of Valencia "a sample that in addition to being a very important port in container traffic - we have recently overtaken the port of Bremen - the port of Valencia is key in car traffic, and shows this is that last year it was the first of all Spanish ports in this type of traffic..." andthe act has had the presence of José Manuel Micó, representative of Marítima Dávila company of the ship.

The Höegh Tracer is one of the six ships of the New Horizon class that has the Höegh Autoliners AS shipping. It has an interior surface of 71,400 m2 distributed in 14 decks (5 of them variables in height); a feature that makes this ship one of the largest in the world in its category. In addition to vehicles, trucks and platforms, the Höegh Tracer is able to transport large loads, such as wind equipment, yachts, civil construction machinery, railway equipment or unique projects. In fact, its load ramp has capacity for 375 tons, allowing access to the main deck of 12 m wide by 6.5m high... one of the main advantages of this ship is its reduced environmental impact, since, in its design, energy efficiency and the application of the latest technologies available in the sector... it is estimated that the ships of the "New Horizon" series emit 50% less than CO ² per vehicle transported than a standard car carrier. Höegh Autoliners, has its headquarters Oslo. It is one of the most important shipping companies in the world in the roro sector, and owns 55 PCTC type (Pure Caro and TruckCarrier) ships that provide services worldwide.