Hyundai Mipo Dockyards to build the 2100 TEU feeder vessel
AP Moller-Maersk and Hyundai Mipo Dockyards have recently agreed on a contract for Hyundai Mipo to build a feeder vessel with a dual engine technology enabling it to sail on either methanol or traditional very low sulphur fuel.
Maersk announced the intention to order the vessel, an industry first, on 17 February 2021. It will fly the Danish flag.
“From 2023 we will offer a truly carbon neutral product for our many customers who look to us for help to decarbonize their supply chains,” commented Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO, Fleet & Strategic Brands, AP Moller-Maersk.
The feeder will be 172 meters long and will sail in the network of Sealand Europe, a Maersk subsidiary, on the Baltic shipping route between Northern Europe and the Bay of Bothnia.
The methanol propulsion configuration for the vessel will be developed by MAN Energy Solutions and Hyundai Engine and Machinery (main engine) and Himsen (aux engine) in collaboration with Hyundai Mipo and Maersk.
“While we are pioneering these solutions for our industry, we are working with well-proven technologies and the cost potential from further scaling is becoming very clear to us,” remarked Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head of Fleet Technology, AP Moller-Maersk.
