The shipping company Maersk has deployed its latest and largest methanol-powered ship on the transoceanic weekly route between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia. This means that the Port of Gothenburg now has two methanol-powered container ships that regularly call at the port, reports Ships Monthly.
Cargo capacity
The new ship, Antonia Maersk, with a cargo capacity of 16,592 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), was christened in Aarhus in August. The ship is now in service on the AE5/Albatross route, which is part of the 2M shipping alliance.
With its weekly service between the Port of Gothenburg and Asia, the route forms an important connection for the Swedish and Scandinavian import and export industry.
Bio-methanol
Antonia Maersk is powered by bio-methanol, which means a savings of 280 tons of carbon dioxide each day the ship is in operation, according to Maersk’s own data. The daily savings are equivalent to the emissions of a truck with a trailer driving around the world more than six times.
Earlier this spring, the smaller methanol-powered ship Laura Maersk started calling at the Port of Gothenburg on an intra-European shipping route between Gothenburg and Bremerhaven.
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Source: Ships Monthly
