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Maersk Takes Delivery of New Methanol Dual-Fuel Boxship
Container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk has taken delivery of another methanol-capable container ship.
The firm took delivery of a 9,000 TEU capacity container ship, Tacoma Mærsk, it said in a LinkedIn post yesterday.
The vessel was delivered at the Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings in China.
“With a capacity of 9,000 TEU, it represents one of six mid-sized dual-fuel vessels to join our fleet,” it said.
Equipped with a dual-fuel engine, the vessel is capable of running on methanol and conventional marine fuels.
Maersk was an early adopter of methanol as a marine fuel but has more recently expanded its alternative-fuels strategy with multiple orders for LNG-fuelled container ships.
The latest addition brings Maersk’s methanol-capable fleet to around 23 ships.
The Tacoma Mærsk will soon sail on the company’s MECL service, linking the Middle East and India with the US East Coast.
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