Digital illustration of Maersk’s container ship powered by green methanol
Maric design/Maersk
The world’s first container ship powered entirely with “green methanol” fuel is halfway through its maiden voyage from South Korea to Denmark. The voyage marks a growing push in the shipping industry to use methanol to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, which make up about 3 per cent of global emissions.
The electric blue, 172-metre-long ship is the first of 25 methanol-powered container ships ordered by the Danish shipping giant Maersk. The ship can run on both methanol and …
