PHOTO BLOG: Maersk set to deploy its first large methanol-enabled box ship

The world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel has been named Ane Mærsk at a ceremony in the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.  

The vessel is named after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, chair of the AP Møller Foundation and AP Møller Holding. Ane’s eldest granddaughter christened the vessel by breaking a bottle of champagne over its bow. 

Ane Mærsk is the first of the carrier’s 18 large methanol-enabled vessels that will be delivered between this year and next, ...