A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has made an order of six mid-sized container vessels – all having dual-fuel engines able to operate on green1 methanol. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six 9,000 TEU vessels which will be delivered in 2026 and 2027.

"With this order, we take another step in the green transformation of our fleet and towards our target of becoming net-zero in 2040. As with all our other vessel orders for the last two years, these ships will be able to run on green methanol," said Rabab Boulos, Chief Infrastructure Officer at Maersk.

Among some of the features about the six new vessels include that they have a capacity of 9,000 containers (Twenty Foot Equivalent - TEU) and that the ships will be delivered from 2026 and with the last delivery in March 2027

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