COSCO SHIPPING names China’s first methanol dual-fuel containership

COSCO SHIPPING has named the country’s first dual-fuel containership, M.V. as ‘COSCO SHIPPING YANGPU’, which was also COSCO SHIPPING ‘s ninth anniversary, at Yangzhou. COSCO SHIPPING President Zhu Bixin, COSCO SHIPPING Executive Vice President and CFO Sun Yunfei, Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Pan Guoqiang, and representatives from COSCO SHIPPING Holdings and

First containership methanol dual-fuel retrofit commences

Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard, a prominent Chinese shipbuilding entity, has commenced the process of retrofitting the Maersk Halifax, a notable 14,000 TEU containership owned by the esteemed Danish shipping conglomerate, A.P. Moller–Maersk. The primary objective of this retrofitting endeavor is to equip the vessel with the capability to operate using methanol fuel. This pioneering initiative stems

CMA CGM launches first LNG-powered containership

The CMA CGM Group has taken the delivery of the CMA CGM Mermaid, the first ship in a series of 10 new 2,000 TEU containerships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The containerships will join the carrier’s fleet of about 620 vessels, including more than 30 that are already powered by alternative energies. The ships

Maersk launches first green methanol-powered containership

Maersk announced that the first in a new series of 12 large methanol enabled container ships, made her launching and undocking milestone. In particular, the world’s first large containership powered by methanol was floated out of its building dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries over the weekend. As explained, the vessel measures 350 meters in length

MAN to retrofit Seaspan and Hapag-Lloyd ships

Under the terms of the agreement, MAN PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, will deliver 15 engine retrofit solutions for the conversion of vessels powered by individual MAN B&W S90-type fuel-oil-powered engines from the Seaspan and Hapag-Lloyd fleets to dual-fuel ME-LGIM engines capable of running on green methanol.

A2B-online orders two eco-design ships

The vessels are expected to enter service by the end of 2024, operating between Moerdijk in the Netherlands and Immingham, UK.

ZIM’s LNG ship sets sail

ZIM Sammy Ofer, the first LNG-fuelled containership to join ZIM’s fleet, has kick-started its maiden voyage. The containership departed Asia earlier this week heading for the United States East Coast. The vessel joins ZIM’s flagship service, ZIM Container Service Pacific (ZCP), from Asia to the USA East Coast. After touring U.S. ports Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk,

Maersk enters into methanol supply agreement with Debo Energy

AP Moller – Maersk has entered into agreement with Debo Energy to purchase green methanol to provide secure fuel supply for Maersk’s 16,000 teu, methanol-powered, containerships. As per the agreement, Debo will produce around 200,000 tons green methanol annually, which is expected to commence commercial service in September 2024. In 2024, Maersk will introduce the

SIPG, CMA CGM complete first LNG bunkering

Shipping and logistics firm CMA CGM Group and terminal operator Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) on 15 March successfully conducted a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation for CMA CGM SYMI at Yangshan Port. The 15,000 TEU LNG-powered containership received LNG bunker fuel from the new 20,000 m3 LNG bunkering vessel Haigang Weilai,

Building first large scale commercial e-methanol facility moving forward

Efforts are moving forward on building the world´s first large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility to be located in southern Denmark. The timing of the project is being coordinated to the scheduled delivery of Maersk’s large dual-fuel methanol ready containerships with the production of the fuel scheduled to start in the second half of 2023. Last