News / Green critics hit out at carrier appetite for LNG fuel

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Following Maersk’s green partnership with CMA CGM, announced just one week after Maersk’s methanol “new industrial revolution”, environmental coalition Ship It Zero has expressed concern over the French liner giant’s preoccupation with LNG.

Maersk told The Loadstar yesterday that its partnership was not to be understood as a policy u-turn, step backward, or endorsement of fossil LNG: “There is no change of direction for Maersk. LNG is not a fuel of the future for our fleet.”

Neither Maersk nor CMA CGM were ...