Danish container transport and logistics heavyweight A.P. Moller – Maersk has added a brand-new methanol dual-fuel boxship to its fleet.
As revealed in a social media put up, Maersk’s newest newbuilding—christened Beijing Maersk—is already in service. The unit, which is the second in a sequence of six, was constructed by South Korea’s vessel building big HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI).
As disclosed, the methanol-powered Beijing Maersk boasts an total size of 350 meters and a breadth of 56 meters. Its light-weight totals 49,800 tonnes, whereas the vessel’s container carrying capability is 17,480 TEUs.
Based on the corporate, the containership is seen as a ‘step ahead’ in Maersk’s path to internet zero, significantly since the truth that it might probably run on a clear gas like methanol may guarantee carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions of at the least 60%, in comparison with vessels that run on typical heavy gas oil (HFO).
Beijing Maersk joins the maritime transport agency’s fleet simply over a month since its sister ship, the 17,780 TEU Berlin Maersk, was added to the roster. As Offshore Vitality reported on the time, the methanol dual-fuel Berlin Maersk, additionally constructed by HD HHI, is the fourteenth dual-fuel newbuild altogether getting into the fleet.
As elaborated, this unit was constructed to intently resemble the Ane Maersk class, of which the Copenhagen-headquartered firm has obtained twelve, all dual-fuel and all constructed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The inaugural ship of this sequence, Ane Maersk, hailed because the ‘world’s largest’ methanol-fueled container vessel, was christened in January final yr.
What’s extra, to remind, on the very starting of June 2025, it was revealed that “the world’s first sequence of huge dual-fuel methanol container vessels” was formally full, with the arrival of the 16,200 TEU Axel Maersk. The naming ceremony had been carried out at HD Hyundai Heavy Business’s yard in South Korea on Might 27.
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