Maersk Line announced today it would be operating the world’s first carbon-neutral containership by 2023 – some seven years earlier than planned. 
A company spokesman confirmed to The Loadstar that a newbuild 2,000 teu feeder vessel would be equipped with dual-fuel technology that would allow it to run on methanol or very-low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO). 
The vessel is scheduled to begin operating on one of the carrier’s intra-regional networks in 2023. 
In 2018, Maersk outlined a plan for this to happen by 2030, with …

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