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Maersk orders more methanol ships

[ June 27, 2023   //   ]

Maersk has ordered six 9,000teu container vessels with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green1 methanol from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. They will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. Maersk ordered the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel in 2021 after if made a commitment to order only newbuild vessels and now has 25 methanol-enabled vessels on order. The first methanol-enabled vessel, a 2,100teu feeder vessel, will be delivered to Maersk later this summer.

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