Maersk feeder takes on e-methanol stem in Denmark

An A.P. Moller-Maersk vessel has been bunkered with around 1,000 mt of e-methanol at Danish e-fuel producer European Energy’s Kassø plant, according to Rene Alcaraz Frederiksen, chief executive of PtX at European Energy.

IMAGE: Laura Maersk docked at European Energy's Kassø plant. X of @Maersk

Maersk operates the 2,100-TEU methanol-capable feeder, Laura Maersk, on a route between the Port of Gdansk on Poland’s Baltic coast and the Port of Bremerhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast.

The vessel forms part of Maersk’s larger methanol-capable fleet, which currently includes 21 vessels in operation and another five on order for delivery by 2027.

European Energy has, meanwhile, secured bridge financing to expand its solar and e-methanol production capacity at Kassø, with the facility expected to produce up to 42,000 mt/year of e-methanol.

By Konica Bhatt

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