China: COSCO Shipping Lines names another methanol dual-fuel boxship in Yangzhou

COSCO Shipping Lines christened another methanol dual-fuel containership, COSCO Shipping Panama, at Pier No. 3 of COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) on 18 July, according to Shanghai Ocean Shipping, a wholly-owned subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Lines on Monday (21 July) 

The vessel is 366 metres long, 51 metres wide and has a maximum capacity of  16,136 TEU. 

The new vessel is equipped with an ultra-large methanol storage tank of 11,000 cubic metres (m3), and is powered by a methanol dual-fuel main engine, domestically and independently developed by CSSC Power (Group). It also has a methanol dual-fuel marine boiler and a methanol generator set.

The first ship in the series, COSCO SHIPPING YANGPU, was named in February and has already bunkered green methanol across ports in Yangpu, Yangshan and Dalian. 

Related: COSCO Shipping names China’s first 16,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship

Photo credit: Shanghai Ocean Shipping
Published: 24 July, 2025