A.P. Moller - Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have signed a contract for the construction of a feeder vessel with dual-engine technology enabling it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low sulphur fuel. It will fly the Danish flag.
“This groundbreaking container vessel shows that scalable solutions to properly solve shipping’s emissions challenge are already available today,” says Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, Maersk’s CEO of fleet and strategic brands.
“From 2023 it will give us valuable experience in operating the container vessels of the future while offering a truly carbon-neutral product.”
The feeder will be 172 metres long and will sail in the network of Sealand Europe, a Maersk subsidiary, on the Baltic 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,” says the carrier’s head of fleet technology, Ole Graa Jakobsen.
“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 Maersk’s efforts to support the rising number of customers calling for carbon-neutral products.”
