{"id":447,"date":"2024-11-20T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T01:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/maersk-concludes-dual-fuel-methanol-conversion-on-large-containership\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T01:19:08","slug":"maersk-concludes-dual-fuel-methanol-conversion-on-large-containership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/maersk-concludes-dual-fuel-methanol-conversion-on-large-containership\/","title":{"rendered":"Maersk concludes dual-fuel methanol conversion on large containership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px;line-height:30px\">\n<p><strong>A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk)\u2019s containership, Maersk Halifax, has <\/p>\n<p>been converted to a dual-fuel vessel capable of running on <\/p>\n<p>methanol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1732065029815137-1.jpg\" alt=\"Maersk concludes dual-fuel methanol conversion on large containership\" title=\"Maersk concludes dual-fuel methanol conversion on large containership\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:20px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The retrofit operation took 88 days at China\u2019s Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard and <\/p>\n<p>was completed by the end of October 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Leonardo Sonzio, Head of Fleet Management and Technology at Maersk, said: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the completion of the sea-trials, Maersk Halifax has returned to <\/p>\n<p>operation and is now servicing our customers on the Transpacific trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The engine modification was completed by MAN Energy Solutions. Aside from <\/p>\n<p>repairing machine parts and converting the engine to run on methanol, the yard\u2019s <\/p>\n<p>refit operation included installing new fuel tanks, a fuel preparation room, and <\/p>\n<p>a fuel delivery system.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The hull has also been enlarged to accommodate the fuel tanks. With this <\/p>\n<p>alteration, the ship\u2019s length was increased by 15 metres to 368 metres, boosting <\/p>\n<p>its capacity from about 15,000 to 15,690 TEUs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sonzio added: \u201cSince we set the ambitious climate goal of reaching net zero <\/p>\n<p>emissions by 2040, we have explored the potential in retrofitting existing <\/p>\n<p>vessels with dual-fuel engines.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming year, we will take learnings from this first conversion of a <\/p>\n<p>large vessel.Retrofits of existing vessels can be an important alternative to <\/p>\n<p>newbuilds in our transition from fossil fuels to low-emission fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Maersk Halifax, one of 11 vessels of Maersk\u2019s Hong Kong class, departed the <\/p>\n<p>yard on 4 November 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Maersk discovered that three out of four European shippers have <\/p>\n<p>suffered supply chain interruption in the previous 12 months, with more than <\/p>\n<p>half having major financial implications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk)\u2019s containership, Maersk Halifax, has been converted to a dual-fuel vessel capable of running on methanol.The retrofit operation took 88 days at China\u2019s Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard and was completed by the end of October 2024.Leonardo Sonzio, Head of Fleet Management and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}