Shipping team A.P. Moller-Maersk on Monday claimed it had actually purchased from China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group 6 mid-size container vessels with the ability of operating on environment-friendly methanol.
The ships, which work on dual-fuel engines that can operate both gas oil and also methanol, can lug upwards of 9,000 containers.
Maersk, which got its very first methanol-powered vessel in 2021, currently has an overall 25 methanol-powered ships on order.
“With this order, we take another step in the green transformation of our fleet and towards our target of becoming net-zero in 2040,” Rabab Boulos, Maersk’s primary framework police officer, claimed in a declaration.
The ship distributions will certainly start in 2026 to change existing vessels in Maersk’s fleet.
(Reuters – Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard/ Editing by Louise Heavens and also David Goodman)
