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MV Themis is Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' (WWL) fourth Neo-Panamax class vessel, which means it is built for the expanded Panama Canal, inaugurated on June 26th.

Like her sister vessels, Theben, Thalatta and Thermopylae, Themis is almost 200 metres long, 36.5 metres wide and features five liftable car decks, allowing for multiple configurations and a wide variety of customer cargo. The vessel can transport up to 8,000 car equivalent units.

With the new draft, the ship can call ports with shallower depths, increasing its geographical scope of service.

Themis is a high efficiency ro-ro Hero-class vessel with a specially designed hull shape, rudder and bow to reduce drag and wave resistance, thus improving fuel efficiency.

She is also fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system that reduces sulphur emissions to below 0.1 percent in compliance with Emission Control Area (ECA) regulations and removes 70 percent of particulate matter. All Hero-class vessels comply with the International Maritime Organisation's guidelines on ship recycling.

On her maiden voyage, Themis's first port of call was Yokohama, Japan, from where she is presently sailing, with Bremerhaven as her final destination.

With the launch of Themis, WWL is now half way into the newbuilding order totalling eight new ro-ro vessels commencing service between 2015 and 2017.