Set to enter service next month, the world’s first large methanol-enabled container vessel has been named Ane Mærsk in a ceremony held at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Ulsan, South Korea, shipyard. The 350-meter, 16,592 TEU vessel is named after Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, the chair of the A.P. Moller Foundation and A.P. Moller Holding. Her eldest granddaughter served as godmother and christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over the bow.
Ane Mærsk is the first of Maersk’s 18 large...
A.P. Moller Foundation decided to donate US$45,19 million to the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (the Center).
The Center is a non-profit organisation and funding includes co-financing from strategic partners, government resources, charitable funding, and commercial activities.
This is the second donation, after the US$56,48 million received by the Center as start-up funding when it launched in June 2020.
“The shipping industry has an obligation to act forcefully but the...
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has received a second donation from the A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation valued at DKK 320 million ($45 million). The…
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