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Nick Blenkey
he 350-meter, 16,592 TEU Ane Mærsk was christened at a ceremony held at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Ulsan, South Korea, shipyard. [Photo: Maersk]
Set to enter service subsequent month, the world’s first giant methanol-enabled container vessel has been named Ane Mærsk in a ceremony held at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Ulsan, South Korea, shipyard. The 350-meter, 16,592 TEU vessel is called after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the chair of the A.P. Moller Basis and A.P. Moller Holding. Her eldest granddaughter served as godmother and christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over the bow.
Ane Mærsk is the primary of Maersk’s 18 giant methanol-enabled vessels scheduled for deliveries between 2024 and 2025. It’s the world’s second methanol-enabled container vessel, the primary being the 2,136 TEU Laura Maersk which entered service final 12 months. The Ane Mærsk will enter service subsequent month on the AE7 string connecting Asia and Europe, marking a major milestone within the firm’s dedication to pioneering low-emissions delivery options.
Along with being methanol-capable, the vessels within the new sequence have an industry-first revolutionary design with the bridge and lodging positioned on the very entrance of the vessel, which ensures gasoline environment friendly operations. Maersk has launched new drone footage displaying the ship within the water previous to the christening.
“This sequence of vessels can have a transformative affect on our ambition to progress on our industry-leading local weather ambitions,” stated A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc. “It’s a visible and operational proof of our dedication to a extra sustainable {industry}. With Ane Mærsk and her sister vessels we’re increasing our supply to the rising variety of companies aiming to cut back emissions from their provide chains.
As we’ve reported beforehand, Maersk has been placing plenty of effort into sourcing inexperienced gasoline for its new methanol enabled ships and Ane Mærsk will start her maiden voyage on inexperienced methanol, with Maersk noting that it “continues to work diligently on 2024-2025 sourcing and bunkering options for its methanol-enabled vessel fleet.”
FUN FACTS
Too give some indications of the Ane Mærsk’s dimension, Maersk cites a couple of enjoyable information:
- The empty vessel weighs the identical as round 24,000 Tesla Mannequin Y vehicles.
- With a deadweight of190,000 tonnes the vessel may carry about 29,000 African elephants.
- Should you crammed up one of many vessel’s 10 cargo holds with water, there could be sufficient to fill 19 Olympic swimming swimming pools
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