A Siem Car Carriers newbuilding is making LNG-fuelling history by becoming the first natural-gas powered ship of its type to make a transatlantic voyage.

The 7,500-ceu Siem Confucius (built 2020), which can carry 4,800 vehicles on 13 decks, left Emden on Tuesday for the Gulf of Mexico, the ship’s charterer, Volkswagen Group, said.

“For the first time, vehicles from Europe will be transported from Europe to North and Central America on a...