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Maersk’s methanol ship gets a name

[ January 26, 2024   //   ]

AP Moller-Maersk has named the world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel the Ane Mærsk at a ceremony at the Hyundai yard in Ulsan, South Korea. She is named after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the chair of the AP Moller Foundation and AP Moller Holding. Ane’s eldest granddaughter was godmother and christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over the bow.

Ane Mærsk is the first of Maersk’s 18 large methanol-enabled vessels, that will be delivered between 2024 and 2025 and from the beginning of February and will enter service on the AE7 string connecting Asia and Europe.

She will begin her maiden voyage on green methanol and Maersk continues to work on sourcing and bunkering solutions for its methanol-enabled fleet.

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