{"id":33384,"date":"2023-04-20T17:42:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/worlds-first-methanol-fueled-containership-launched\/33384\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T17:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:42:50","slug":"worlds-first-methanol-fueled-containership-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/worlds-first-methanol-fueled-containership-launched\/33384\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s First Methanol-Fueled Containership Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"images-wrapper single\">\n<div class=\"images\">\n<div class=\"image active\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Photo: A.P. Moller &#8211; Maersk)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The world\u2019s first methanol-fueled containership has been launched for A.P. Moller &#8211; Maersk as the Danish shipping giant makes headway toward its goal to decarbonize its operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launching was successfully completed on April 4 at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, and the construction is continuing with delivery in the summer,\u201d said Henrik Ekmann, Head of Newbuilding &amp; Retrofit at Maersk.<\/p>\n<p>The 2,100 TEU, ABS-classed class feeder vessel features dual fuel main and auxiliary engines built by MAN Energy Solutions that are able to operate on green methanol.<\/p>\n<p>The use of methanol as marine fuel emits fewer NOx emissions and no SOx, and methanol synthesized from carbon dioxide and hydrogen can achieve CO2-neutral combustion.<\/p>\n<p>Maersk plans to put into service 19 vessels capable of running on e-methanol between 2023 and 2025 as part of its net-zero emissions target by 2040. According to Maersk, these vessels will generate annual CO2 emissions savings of around 2.3 million tonnes when deployed to replace older vessels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo: A.P. Moller &#8211; Maersk) The world\u2019s first methanol-fueled containership has been launched for A.P. Moller &#8211; Maersk as the Danish shipping giant makes headway toward its goal to decarbonize its operations. \u201cThe launching was successfully completed on April 4 at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, and the construction is continuing with delivery in the summer,\u201d said &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/33385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}