GLOBAL DECARBONISATION
MAERSK’ S DECARBONISATION HIGHLIGHTS
• Seven large dual-fuel methanol vessels joined the fleet in 2024
• A further 20 dual-fuel vessels were ordered for delivery between 2028 and 2030
• Methanol offtake agreements now cover more than 50 % of expected 2027 dual-fuel fleet demand
• Achieved an EEOI of 11.1 gCO₂e per tonne-nautical-mile in 2024, down from 11.7 in 2023
• Maersk Halifax became the industry’ s first large container ship retrofitted to operate on methanol, lengthened by 15 metres to 368 metres and increased to about 15,690 TEU.
Sustainability at Maersk Maersk aims to reach net zero by 2040, and its strategy includes introducing the world’ s first large dualfuel methanol fleet. In December 2024 it completed an order of 20 dual-fuel owned vessels with a total capacity of 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units( TEUs).
The company says that dualfuel vessels are central to its decarbonisation plans, capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 65 % to 90 % through
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