Fast - tracked by advances in engineering and increasing customer demand for sustainable supply Ernst Boris Chain , A.P. Moller - Maersk speed up the efforts to decarburize nautical mathematical operation with the launch of the globe ’s first atomic number 6 electroneutral liner vas in 2023 - seven age beforehand of the initial 2030 - ambitiousness . All succeeding Maersk owned young buildings will have dual fuel engineering set up , enable either carbon paper neutral operations or operation on standard very modest sulfur fuel oil ( VLSFO ) .
“ A.P. Moller - Maersk ’s ambitiousness is to moderate the way in decarbonising global logistics . Our client expect us to help them decarburise their global provision chemical chain , and we are bosom the challenge , working on solving the practical , technological and safety challenge inherent in the carbon copy inert fuels we take in the future . Our ambition to have a carbon electroneutral fleet by 2050 was a moonshot when we foretell in 2018 . Today we see it as a challenging , yet achievable target to reach , ” says Søren Skou , CEO , A.P. Moller - Maersk . Around half of Maersk ’s 200 with child customers have set – or are in the outgrowth of countersink – challenging science - based or zero carbon paper targets for their supply chain , and the figure is on the ascent .
Maersk ’s wood alcohol feeder watercraft will have a capacity of around 2000 TEU and be deploy in one of its intra - regional meshing . While the vessel will be able-bodied to operate on received VLSFO , the plan is to operate the watercraft on carbon neutral eastward - methyl alcohol or sustainable bio - methanol from 24-hour interval one .
“ It will be a significant challenge to source an adequate supply of carbon paper neutral methyl alcohol within our timeline to initiate this technology . Our achiever relies on customer embracing this groundbreaking product and strengthened collaboration with fuel producer , engineering partners and developers to ramp up production tight enough . We conceive our aspiration to put the world ’s first carbon neutral liner vessel in operation by 2023 is the best way to kick start the rapid grading of carbon copy achromatic fuel we will call for , ” sound out Henriette Hallberg Thygesen , CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands , A.P. Moller - Maersk .
" Both the methyl alcohol - fuel feeder vessel and the conclusion to instal double fuel railway locomotive on succeeding newbuildings are part of Maersk ’s on-going fleet replacement . CAPEX implications will be achievable and are included in current counselling . "
" Our ambitiousness to have a atomic number 6 neutral fleet by 2050was a moonshot when we announce in 2018 . Today we see it as a challenging , yet achievable mark to reach . "
For more information : Mikkel Elbek LinnetA.P. Moller – MaerskTel . : +45 33638515E - mail[email protected ]
