Maersk signs contract for world's first container vessel fuelled by carbon neutral methanol

Shipping giant Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have signed a contract for vessel powered with dual-engine technology allowing it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low sulphur fuel.

Scheduled for delivery in mid-2023, the ship will be built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyards and is intended to be deployed on the Baltic shipping route, flying the Danish flag.

“This ground-breaking container vessel shows that scalable solutions to properly solve shipping’s emissions challenge are available already today. From 2023 it will give us valuable experience in operating the container vessels of the future while offering a truly carbon neutral product for our many customers who look to us for help to decarbonise their supply chains,” said Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands, A.P. Moller - Maersk.

Read more: Maersk sets goals for carbon-neutral shipping

The feeder will be 172 metres long and will sail in the network of Sealand Europe, a Maersk subsidiary, on the Baltic shipping route between Northern Europe and the Bay of Bothnia.

”Developing this vessel is a significant challenge, but we have already come a long way in our work with the yard and the makers to reach this milestone. While we are pioneering these solutions for our industry, we are working with well-proven technologies and the cost potential from further scaling is becoming very clear to us,” said Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head of Fleet Technology, A.P. Moller - Maersk.

More than half of Maersk’s largest customers have set – or are in the process of setting – ambitious science-based or zero-carbon targets for their supply chains, making the order another important step in the Maersk efforts to support the rising number of customers calling for carbon-neutral products.

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