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The first hull in the New Horizon series is launched
20 December hull 462A, the hull of the coming first New Horizon vessel was launched.
This is the first in a series of six New Horizon vessels that Höegh Autoliners is building. The first vessel will be delivered in the second quarter 2015. The New Horizon will have a capacity of 8 500 cars, a ramp capacity of 375 tonnes and is built with state of the art technology for the best safety and environmental footprint.