Höegh Autoliners Today
Höegh Autoliners are among the major players in the world-wide vehicle transportation industry.
Besides carrying factory new cars under contract with many of the world's major vehicle manufacturers,
Höegh Autoliners are today a world leader in transportation of used vehicles and High/Heavy rolling stock.
Höegh Autoliners is one of Norway's largest shipping companies and has more than 70 years
of experience in the shipping business.
Europe to South Africa, Indian Ocean, Australia and Pacific
FrequencyHöegh Autoliners serve South Africa and Indian Ocean with 2-3 sailings per month.
Australia and New Caledonia are served with 2 sailings a month.
Regular ports
| • Newcastle | • Southampton | • Amsterdam | • Bremerhaven |
| • Antwerp | • Le Havre | • Santander | • Port Elizabeth |
| • East London | • Durban | • Port Reunion | • Port Louis |
| • Fremantle | • Melbourne | • Sydney | • Brisbane |
| • Noumea |
Cargo from Scandinavia is pre-carried from Gothenburg by Höegh Autoliners other services and transhipped at continental port.
Far East to Australia and New Zealand
FrequencyHöegh Autoliners serve Far East to Australia and New Zealand with 2 sailings per month.
Regular ports
| • Osaka | • Nagoya | • Kawasaki | ||
| • Brisbane | ||||
| • Auckland | • Tauranga | • Napier | • Wellington | • Lyttelton |
Gearing up for the future
After the completion of the latest new building programme involving state-of-the-art 7000 cars capacity PCTCs (Pure Car/Truck Carrier), Höegh Autoliners deep-sea fleet consists of 49 owned vessels. These are supplemented by a significant number of chartered vessels both on time charter and voyage charter basis, so that we at any time operate 60-65 vessels in our 16 deep-sea services world-wide. In 2008 Höegh Autoliners-controlled vessels will ferry over 2 million car equivalent units in all its deep-sea trades world-wide.
To further emphasise our commitment to our customers' expectations and requirements, Höegh Autoliners implemented a formal quality system and received ISO 9002 certification in 1998, and we are currently in the process of obtaining environmental ISO 14001 certification for all our company-owned vessels. Höegh Autoliners are also investing in IT technology both in back office and front end systems in order to offer our customers first class services.
Facts about Höegh Autoliners
| Global head office in Oslo, 4 regional offices located in Oslo, Mumbai, Tokyo and New York |
| 14 offices and representatives located in Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa | 240 shore based employees world-wide |
| 16 deep-sea trades |
| Short sea operations in the Mediterranean and in the Caribbean |
| 50 owned modern and flexible PCTCs |
| 60-65 vessels under operation at any time (incl. charter vessels) |