Maersk orders eight LNG dual-fuel container ships

Danish container shipping group A.P. Moller - Maersk has ordered eight large dual-fuel container vessels capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding.

IMAGE: A container ship operated by Maersk in the Port of Hamburg. Getty Images

The vessels will each have a capacity of 18,600 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and will be equipped with dual-fuel engines that can operate on conventional marine fuel or LNG. Deliveries are scheduled between 2029 and 2030.

Maersk ordered 20 LNG dual-fuel container ships in 2024, and earlier this month it took delivery of the first vessel in a series of six methanol-capable newbuilds. Four sister methanol dual-fuel vessels are scheduled for delivery this year, with another due early next year.

Including the latest order, Maersk now has a total of 33 vessels on order.

By Nachiket Tekawade

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