Maersk and Hyundai Sign Contract to Build World’s First Carbon-Neutral Container Ship

Focusing On The Requirement Of Customers Seeking Solutions That Do Not Emit Carbon, Maersk And Hyundai Signed A Contract For The Construction Of A Container Ship That Does Not Emit Pollutants

A.P Moller-Maersk And Hyundai Mipo Shipyards Have Closed A Partnership To Build A Container Ship With Dual-Fuel Technology That Allows Navigation With Methanol Or Traditional Fuel That Does Not Emit Carbon.

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Maersk And A Container Ship Ahead Of Its Time

Maersk Announced It Plans To Order The Design Of The Ship, The First In The Industry, On February 17. According To Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO Of Fleet & Strategic Brands At A.P 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 Coming In The Future, Being Carbon-Neutral, Will Enter Operation Starting In 2023. Many Customers Are Seeking The Company’s Help To Transform Their Supply Chains To Zero Carbon Emission.

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More Than 50 Floors In Length

The Container Ship Built In Partnership With Hyundai Will Be 172 Meters Long, Equivalent To A Building With More Than 50 Floors, And Will Be Capable Of Navigating The Sealand Europe Network, A Subsidiary Of Maersk, On The Maritime Route Of The Baltic Between The Gulf Of Bothnia And Northern Europe.

The Company Reported That The Methanol Propulsion Configuration For The Container Ship Will Be Developed By MAN Energy Solutions And Hyundai Engine And Machinery (Main Engine) And Himsen (Auxiliary Engine) In Partnership With Hyundai Mipo And Maersk. The Classification Company Will Be The American Bureau Of Shipping (ABS).

Container Ship Is The Future Of Vessels

According To Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head Of Fleet Technology At A.P Moller-Maersk, Developing This Vessel Is A Major Challenge; However, The Company Is Already Well Advanced In Its Work With The Hyundai Shipyard And Other Manufacturers To Achieve The Zero Carbon Goal.

Jakobsen States That While They Are Pioneering In Their Industry, Working With New Technologies That Are Proven And With The Potential For Greater Scale Cost Is Becoming Increasingly Obvious For The Company.

According To The Company, More Than Half Of Its Customers Have Set Ambitious Zero Carbon Or Science-Based Goals For Their Supply Chains. The Construction Of The Container Ship Will Meet The Growing Number Of Maersk Customers Seeking Carbon-Neutral Products.