Felixstowe – Today, A.P. Moller – Maersk has celebrated the naming of its latest dual-fuel methanol container vessel “Alexandra Maersk”. UK’s Maritime Minister Mike Kane, representatives of the IMO, customers and Maersk employees joined the festive event at the Port of Felixstowe, UK. Elaine Condon, Director of People & Culture at Primark, is the godmother of the ship, representing the close logistics and sustainability partnership between Maersk and its customer Primark.
Sixth vessel
“Alexandra Maersk” is the sixth vessel in Maersk’s owned fleet being able to sail on methanol in its main and auxiliary engines.
It is the fifth ship in a series of 18 large dual-fuel methanol vessels scheduled for delivery in 2024 and 2025. Each can carry more than 16,000 standard containers (TEU).
kind of innovation
It’s a privilege to join the naming ceremony for the ‘Alexandra Maersk’ – one of the first container vessels to run on green methanol.
This is exactly the kind of innovation we need to deliver a greener, cleaner maritime sector which is better for people and for our planet.
Greener transport
Delivering greener transport is one of our top priorities and we will do so by reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions and investing in alternative fuels and technologies. UK’s Maritime Minister Mike Kane said
Maersk’s ECO Delivery Ocean is based on reduced GHG emission fuels like bio-diesel which is used on vessels across the Maersk fleet, and now also green methanol which our newest vessels like “Alexandra Maersk” are capable of sailing on.
Price gap
It’s great to see customers like Primark taking action and partner with us to decarbonise ocean transport. True progress in the green transformation requires collective effort.
To accelerate the transformation, we need the International Maritime Organization help closing the price gap between green and fossil fuels to make the green choice the best choice for all
Step in the right
Last weeks IMO meeting on that matter was a step in the right direction, but much work remains in the coming months. We remain hopeful and continue to do all in our power to progress the green transition of shipping. Vincent Clerc CEO of A.P. Moller – Maersk said
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Core of Maersk’s ambitious
The new methanol enabled ships are at the core of Maersk’s ambitious decarbonisation plans as low emission methanol can reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 65% to 90% compared to conventional fossil fuels such as bunker oil (depending on the feedstock and production process of the methanol, calculated on a life cycle basis).*
Founding family
Following the tradition of naming Maersk vessels after members of the founding family, “Alexandra Maersk” is named after Alexandra Mærsk-Møller (1868-1953) who was an older sister of Mr. A.P. Møller, the founder of A.P. Moller – Maersk.
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Decarbonising logistics
Maersk has set itself ambitious goals for decarbonising logistics on ocean and across its whole business with a net-zero target in 2040.
The pathway to net-zero has been tested and approved by the Science Target Based initiative (STBi). Reduced GHG emission fuels are key to achieving the target.
Life cycle
The exact emission reduction of green methanol depends on the production process and how feedstock and produced methanol is being transported.
While methanol made from biogenic feedstock reaches around 65-70% GHG emission reduction on a life cycle basis compared to conventional fossil fuel, the synthetically produced green methanol, the so called e-methanol, aims to reach much higher levels of GHG emission savings of up to 90% on a life cycle basis.
