News / Methanol becomes clean fuel favourite as Evergreen orders more newbuilds

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The hype surrounding green methanol is taking further hold, with 16 16,000 teu newbuild vessels now on order for Evergreen at Korea’s Samsung HI, in a deal worth $3.1bn.

The ships are set to be delivered by end-2027 and add to Evergreen’s methanol newbuilds under construction at Nihon Shipyard in Japan, to make 25 in total.

The new order demonstrates a willingness to follow Maersk in choosing green methanol as the preferred new fuel for shipping, instead of green ammonia.

Separately, MAN Energy ...