Maersk unveils design of its new methanol dual fuel container ship
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Danish integrated container logistics company A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) on Tuesday (21 March) unveiled the design of its soon-to-be-completed container vessel, fuelled by methanol.
The feeder vessel has a dual-fuel engine and will be able to operate on green methanol or traditional Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO).
“I am very happy with the progress we are making on the project. We have now completed all key design-related milestones and production is progressing at full speed with delivery expected during summer. It has been a huge project, but we have succeeded not least due to great collaboration internally in Maersk and with our external partners,” Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head of Fleet Technology, said in a social media post.
“In order to communicate that the vessel is the start of a new generation of green methanol vessels, we looked at how to best communicate this. We ended up with the tagline ‘ALL THE WAY TO ZERO’ to build on our existing brand platform and to highlight our decarbonisation efforts,” Brian Borup Senior Brand and Design Manager said.
Maersk previously announced Hyundai Mipo Dockyards is building the 2,100 TEU feeder vessel. It will fly the Danish flag and is expected to be delivered by mid-2023.
Maersk announced the intention to order the vessel, an industry first, on 17 February 2021. The feeder will be 172 meters long and will sail in the network of Sealand Europe, a Maersk subsidiary, on the Baltic shipping route between Northern Europe and the Bay of Bothnia. The methanol propulsion configuration for the vessel will be developed by MAN Energy Solutions and Hyundai Engine and Machinery (main engine) and Himsen (aux engine) in collaboration with Hyundai Mipo and Maersk. Classification society will be American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
Methanol Institute (MI), said: “The next generation of alternatively fuelled ships look remarkably like existing vessels if images released today by Danish carrier Maersk are anything to go by.”
“MI member Maersk today unveiled images of its soon-to-launch 2,000 TEU, dual fuel ship, which can run on either VLSFO or methanol, a landmark ship that has since opened the floodgates to many more methanol vessels being contracted at yards across Asia,” it shared in a social media post.
Photo credit: A.P. Moller – Maersk
Published: 22 March, 2023
