Focusing on the demand of customers looking for solutions that do not emit carbon, Maersk and Hyundai signed a contract for the construction of a container ship that does not emit pollutants

AP Moller-Maersk and Hyundai Mipo shipyards have entered into a partnership that provides for the construction of a container ship with twin-engine technology that allows navigation with methanol or traditional fuel that does not emit carbon.

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Maersk is a container ship way ahead of its time

Maersk announced that it intends to order the vessel design, which is an industry first, on February 17. According to Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands, AP Moller Maersk, the container ship is an innovation that shows that large-scale solutions to adequately address the challenge of carbon emissions are already available today.

According to Thygesen, the ships that will come in the future, as they are carbon neutral, will start operating from the year 2023. Many customers look to the company for help in transforming their supply chains into zero carbon emissions.

More than 50 stories long

The container ship built in partnership with Hyundai will have a length of 172 meters, the equivalent of a building with more than 50 floors and will be able to navigate the network of Sealand Europe, a subsidiary company of Maersk, on the Baltic Sea Route. between the Bay of Bothnia and Northern Europe.

The company reported that the methanol propulsion configuration for the container ship will be developed by the companies MAN Energy Solutions and Hyundai Engine and Machinery (Main engine) and Himsen (auxiliary engine) in partnership with Hyundai Mipo and Maersk. The sorting company will be the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

Container ships are the future of shipping

According to Ole Graa Jakobsen, head of fleet technology at AP Moller-Maersk, developing this vessel is a big challenge, however the company is already well advanced in its work with Hyundai shipyard and other manufacturers to reach the goal of zero carbon.

Jakobsen says that while they are pioneering in their industry, working with new technologies that are proven and have a higher scale cost potential is becoming increasingly evident for the company.

According to the company, more than half of its customers have set ambitious zero-carbon or science-based targets for their supply chains. Construction of the container ship will serve the growing number of Maersk customers who are looking for carbon-neutral products.