The world’s first green methanol-powered containership owned by Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller Maersk has arrived in Singapore for bunkering.
Maersk and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd have conducted the world’s first ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation of the container vessel on 27 Jul at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies and research institutes.
The ship was refuelled with approximately 300 metric tonnes of bio-methanol via Hong Lam Marine’s Singapore-registered tanker, MT Agility. The tanker had earlier taken bio-methanol stored at Vopak Terminals.
The feeder received its first green methanol in Port of Ulsan, South Korea, before it set sail for Copenhagen as part of its maiden voyage. A naming ceremony will be held in September. The ship’s godmother will be president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
The 2,100 TEU feeder was launched on April 4 at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. The 172-meter long ship runs on MAN Energy Solutions’ G50 or G95 dual-fuel engine capable of running on green methanol or conventional fuel. It was delivered to the company earlier this month.
Maersk currently has 25 dual-fuel vessels on order ranging from 2,000 TEU container capacity to 16,000 TEU. The firm expects that the full fleet of green fuel-powered vessels will be delivered and operational by 2027. Furthermore, the first 19 vessels will generate around 2.3 million tonnes of annual GHG emissions savings upon deployment and replacement of older vessels, according to Maersk.
To meet the 2040 target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in time, the shipowner aims to transport a minimum of 25% of ocean cargo using green fuels by 2030, compared to a 2020 baseline.