MPC Container Ships orders four ammonia/methanol-ready vessels

Norwegian shipowner MPC Container Ships has placed an order for four container vessels, designed to be ammonia/methanol-ready, with the Chinese shipyard Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering.

IMAGE: A container ship at sea. Getty Images

Ammonia/methanol-ready means the vessels won't initially be able to run on ammonia or methanol upon delivery but will be built with the potential for future retrofitting. This suggests they will initially operate on conventional fossil-based marine fuels.

The 4,500 TEU container ships are expected to be delivered starting in the second half of 2027.

Each vessel has already secured a three-year charter agreement with a major, unnamed global shipping company.

By Tuhin Roy

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