Heroic Ace is a PCTC (Pure car and truck carrier) owned by M.O.L (Mitsui O.S.K.

Lines), one of the three largest car carrier companies in the world.

[2] She was built in 2003 at the Minami Nippon shipyard in the Inland Sea, Japan, as part of a series of 12 large car carriers.

[3] The vessel's bows and superstructure were specially designed with additional rounding off to enable them to navigate at higher speeds.

The vessel plies on a worldwide route, and has traded in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.