Denmark's Maersk announced today the completion of the orders to three shipyards for the supply of 20 new ships dual-fuel container carrier with a total capacity of 300 thousand TEUs. Six 17,000 TEU units have been commissioned to the Chinese shipyard Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, six of 15,000 teu to the South Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean, six of 15,000 TEUs per Chinese shipyard New Times Shipbuilding and two 9,000 TEUs to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The new ships can be powered by liquefied natural gas.

Anda Cristescu, Head of Chartering & Newbuilding at the Maersk, highlighted that, "thanks to their different dimensions, ships will be able to play different roles and functions as part of our future network and offer us a great flexibility of use when they become part of the our fleet. Upon their entry - he specified - they will replace current capacity of our fleet".

The first of the 20 new container ships will be taken into account. delivery in 2028 and the last during 2030. The new ships will add to those, able to be fed with methanol or liquefied natural gas and the overall capacity of 500 thousand TEUs, which Maersk plans to lease, as announced this summer by the Danish company.