News / Maersk insists CMA CGM deal is not a change in green strategy

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Still in the afterglow of its “new age” of green methanol-fuelled shipping launched last week, Maersk ? despite its anti-LNG stance ?  has set up a new cooperation with CMA CGM on green fuels.

According to a statement today, the collaboration will establish a “framework of mass production of green methane and green methanol”.

The move appears a departure for Maersk, given its new partner’s substantial fleet, and incoming orderbook, of LNG-fuelled newbuilds. In the recent past, Maersk has sought to distance itself ...