A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has made an order for six mid-sized container vessels – all having dual-fuel engines able to operate on green1 methanol. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six 9,000 TEU vessels which will be delivered in 2026 and 2027.
In 2021, Maersk ordered the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel following a commitment to the principle of only ordering new-built vessels that can sail on green fuels. Just two years later, the global order book stands at more than 100 methanol-enabled vessels.
By ordering additional six vessels, Maersk now has 25 methanol-enabled vessels on order.
Later this summer, the first methanol-enabled vessel, a 2,100 TEU feeder vessel, will be delivered to Maersk.
About the six new vessels:
- They have a capacity of 9,000 containers (Twenty Foot Equivalent – TEU)
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six vessels in China
- The ships will be delivered from 2026 and with the last delivery in March 2027
- All of them have dual-fuel engines making them able to operate on both fuel oil and methanol
- Upon delivery, the vessels will replace the existing capacity in the Maersk fleet
- Replacing vessels in a similar size segment, the new vessels will reduce Maersk’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by about 450,000 tons of CO2 per year on a fuel lifecycle basis when operating on green methanol.
Source: Hellenic Shipping News
