Maersk adds yet another methanol-capable vessel

Global shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk has taken delivery of its 18th methanol-capable dual-fuel container vessel.

IMAGE: Maersk's methanol-capable containership, Brisbane Maersk. Linkedin of A.P.Moller-Maersk

The Brussels Mærsk is the sixth vessel in Maersk’s 17,480-TEU methanol-capable newbuilding series. At least one more vessel is expected to be delivered in this class.

This follows Maersk’s earlier 16,000-TEU programme, which brought 12 methanol-capable ships into service.

Maersk has also retrofitted one conventionally-fuelled container ship to run on methanol and plans to have at least 19 methanol-capable vessels in operation by the end of this year.

By Konica Bhatt

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