The Danish shipowning group Maersk has ordered to the shipyard Chinese Naval Yangzijiang Shipbuilding the construction of six Dual-fuel container ship from 9.000 teu that can be fed green methanol and which will be taken over in 2026 and in the 2027. With the new order, the number of ships in the fleet of the group that will be able to navigate using methanol as fuel.

Highlighting that the new ships ordered will allow to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of about 450 thousand tons of CO2 per year when they will be operated using green methanol, Maersk has announced that the six new ships will replace units currently in operation of similar overall capacity.