News / Maersk strikes methanol deal with China's Goldwind

A Maersk methanol-fuelled ship

China’s apparent antipathy to greening international shipping may be changing course, after a domestic green methanol developer, Goldwind, struck a major deal with Maersk.

Announcing the news, AP Moller-Maersk said it had reached a long-term offtake agreement for annual volumes of 500kt of the fuel for the 12 large methanol-enabled container vessels it has on order, with the first volumes expected in 2026.

Chief infrastructure officer at the Danish shipping giant, Rabab Raafat Boulos, said: “This ...