Höegh Autoliners offers transportation for all types of breakbulk cargo and is annually carrying close to 6 million cubic metres of high and heavy cargoes, including trucks, buses, boats, agricultural equipment and construction equipment to destinations worldwide.
For breakbulk, project and other out of gauge cargo we use our modern and specialised rolltrailers. The rolltrailers are specially designed for smooth and safe transportation of heavy and/or long breakbulk cargo.
Höegh Autoliners’ fleet of rolltrailers incorporates several different sizes of cargo carrying equipment, within a range of 20 to 80 feet and with a capacity of up to 160 metric tonnes. Our rolltrailers undergo routine maintenance and inspections to ensure that they are always up to our high standards.
Optimal vessel design
In 2015 we started to take delivery of the first vessel in a series of six, of the New Horizon design. The new vessels are optimal for loading high and heavy and breakbulk cargo, with their 375 tonnes ramp capacity, 6.5 meter door height and five out of fourteen decks that are liftable. You can read more about the new vessel type in the brochure below.
Out of Gauge Cargo
Is your piece of cargo wider or longer than the measurements of the rolltrailers? Not a problem! Your cargo can be lashed to the rolltrailer with overhang on the sides.
Rails for handling of Railcars/Tramways
The longer rolltrailers (62’, 72’, and 80’) are fitted with rails for easy and safe handling of railcars and tramways with bogies.
Rolltrailer
Rolltrailer Length
Rolltrailer Width
Max. Cargo Weight
Rails
20 feet
6.1 metres
2.50 metres
25 tonnes
30 feet
9.2 metres
2.80 metres
160 tonnes
32 feet - Super low
9.8 metres
2.80 metres
75 tonnes
40 feet
12.2 metres
2.60 metres
120 tonnes
62 feet
18.9 metres
2.55 metres
100 tonnes
Yes
72 feet
22.0 metres
2.80 metres
90 tonnes
Yes
80 feet
24.4 metres
2.80 metres
90 tonnes
Yes
We are continuously developing our fleet of specialised equipment to ensure your out-of-gauge cargo is transported safely and efficiently.
Höegh Autoliners has developed a unique Double-wide rolltrailer concept involving two 40 feet rolltrailers positioned side-by-side and joined together by a coupling system. A twin gooseneck has also been made and produced on a Höegh design, and this ensures the tugmaster has a firm hold of the rolltrailer at all times.
Superlow rolltrailer
To transport higher breakbulk and project cargo, Höegh Autoliners has designed a new Superlow rolltrailer. With a height of only 0.47m and 75MT payload, the rolltrailer enables a larger variety of high cargo to be transported.
High, heavy and out-of-gauge breakbulk cargo come in different shapes and forms. Höegh Autoliners cargo handling personnel ensure the safest and most cost-efficient transportation depending on the nature of your cargo.
Höegh Autoliners has extensive experience in transporting mining equipment for some of the world’s most recognised manufacturers. We can cater for a wide variety of heavy cargo both self-propelled and static such as drilling rigs, dump trucks, mining excavators and mobile crushing and screening equipment. We carry equipment for open pit and underground mining.
Power generation and distribution equipment is sophisticated high value cargo with large dimensions. Due to the sensitivity of this cargo, it is usually packed by the manufacturers or dedicated packing companies. When we transport the cargo it will first be safely lashed on to our rolltrailers and then to designated lashing points on deck.
Höegh Autoliners transports locomotives, railcars and tramways on board its vessels. Our modern 72 foot and 80 foot rolltrailers are equipped with rails, especially designed for stable and safe transportation of railcars. This mode of transportation is cost-efficient and ensures efficient and safe load and discharge operations.
Machinery and machine tools involve a wide range of cargo with different sizes and weights. These units are static and are transported on our rolltrailers where they are lashed to the deck.
Agricultural machinery can most often be driven on board which enables a cost-efficient transportation. Any accompanying pieces are transported on our rolltrailers or as forkliftable units lashed to the vessel deck.
Due to the nature of this commodity, yachts and boats fit perfectly on Höegh’s wide range of rolltrailers. With lengths ranging from six to 24 metres, we can accommodate an extensiverange on our vessels.