Maersk to deploy first large methanol ship

Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced it will begin operating the first of 18 large methanol-enabled container ships on the Asia-Europe trade route


MAERSK 16,000 TEU* METHANOL-FUELLED CONTAINER SHIP 

Length 350m

Capacity: 16,000 containers

Methanol tank

Crew accommodation and bridge: Located at bow to enable increased container capacity

Powerplant
Dual fuel engine runs on both methanol and conventional fuels

Funnel: Offset to aft port corner to provide more cargo space


AE7 route: Maersk methanol-enabled service to begin Feb 9, 2024

ATLANTIC OCEAN
Felixstowe/London Gateway
Hamburg
Antwerp 
Le Havre
Tangier
Jeddah
Abu Dhabi/Jebel Ali
Colombo
Tanjung Pelepas
INDIAN OCEAN
Yantian / Nansha
Ningbo
Shanghai
PACIFIC OCEAN

Port calls

Green methanol
Can reduce CO2 emissions from container ships by 60% to 95% compared with conventional fossil fuels

*Twenty-foot equivalent unit


Sources: A.P. Møller-Maersk, Reuters
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