Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s fourth and last HERO, the Nabucco, has started her journey towards Europe and is expected to reach Zeebrugge at the beginning of December.

The High Efficiency RoRo (HERO) vessels are the car carrier specialist’s advanced post-Panamax vessels, combining elements from all its vessel types. With 200m length, capacity of a LCTC and capability similar to a Mark IV, all in a highly efficient design

The vessel was delivered by Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding and is the last in the series of four HERO-vessels contracted in June 2013. Nabucco has a capacity of 7,700 vehicles and like her sister vessels Tannhauser, Titus and Traviata, she is designed with energy efficiency in mind.