Car Carrier Business

Always a Pioneer in Automobile Transport

Latest News

• Apr 17, 2024A First in Japan: MOL to Adopt New System to Increase Capacity and Improve Operational Efficiency of Car Carriers - Promoting Digital Transformation for Car Carrier Operations -
• Mar 18, 2024MOL Chairman Receives the National Award of Excellence of the Republic of Paraguay - Recognizing MOL's Cooperation in Transport of Fire Engines to Paraguay -
• Mar 13, 2024LNG-fueled Car Carrier CERULEAN ACE Delivered - MOL Moves Steadily toward Goal of 90 LNG/Methanol-fueled Vessels by 2030 -[643KB]

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Outline of Services

In 1965, MOL launched the first car carrier to meet the needs of Japan's burgeoning automobile export trade. Since then, as a pioneer in automobile transport, we have offered continual improvements in the safety and reliability of our car carrier service with a group fleet of 100 vessels, in step with the market's globalization.

The capacity of the first PCCs was about 1,200 automobiles. Today's pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) accommodate all types of vehicles, from passenger cars to construction machinery. PCTCs can transport 7,000 standard passenger cars at once. In addition, MOL takes a proactive stance in reducing the environmental impact of its vessels, adopting car carriers with less wind resistance, solar power generation systems, and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Dual Fuel main engine.

MOL-operated car carriers are known by their flagship name "ACE," which instantly identifies these ships as MOL carriers and links them to our proud history of technological innovation and environmental friendliness. The unified brand MOL Auto Carrier Express (MOL ACE) now sets the stage to build on this tradition as we strive to expand in global markets under this brand.

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History

1965	The Oppama Maru is launched as Japan's first RoRo-style vessel equipped with cargo handling equipment specially designed for automobiles.
1971	The Canada Maru, MOL's first pure car carrier (PCC) is launched.
2003	The Courageous Ace is launched. Featuring a wind-resistance-reducing design, it receives the Ship of the Year award.
2012	The Emerald Ace is launched as the world's first hybrid car carrier, equipped with a solar power generation system and rechargeable batteries.
2018	The first vessel of the next-generation FLEXIE series, the Beluga Ace is launched, and earns the Good Design Award 2018 and the Ship of the Year award.
2024	The first vessel of the Blue Series, the LNG-fueled car carrier CERULEAN ACE is launched.

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Related URL

• Watch the CERULEAN ACE in service and check out some of its features at the "MOL Official Channel" on YouTube.
  Approaching the Charms of 'BLUE' Series - the LNG-fueled Car Carriers of MOL
• MOL Group