Photo Blog: Maersk names latest dual-fuel methanol vessel Alexandra Mærsk

Today, AP Moller-Maersk named its newest dual-fuel methanol vessel Alexandra Maersk at Felixstowe, the UK’s busiest container port. Alexandra Maersk will be deployed on an Asia-Europe service.

Alexandra Maersk is the sixth vessel in Maersk’s owned fleet able to sail on methanol in its main and auxiliary engines. It is the fifth ship in a series of 18 large dual-fuel methanol vessels scheduled for delivery this year and next. Each can carry more than 16,000 teu.

Following the tradition of naming Maersk ...