Maersk’s commitment to green methanol is not limited to its newbuild program. Next year it will retrofit its 2017-built, 15,000 TEU containership Maersk Halifax for methanol dual fuel operation, in the first of eleven green-methanol engine retrofits planned for mid-2024 (see earlier story). The engine retrofits will be carried out by MAN PrimeServ. Alfa Laval has been chosen to provide the fuel supply system for the first of its kind containership methanol retrofit project.
“We have set an...
Maersk Line is continuing with its strategy of transitioning its fleet to methanol with the announcement that one of its H-Class vessels, Maersk Halifax, formerly Maersk Honam, will be converted to green fuel next year.
Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard at Ningbo-Zhoushan has been contracted to carry out the three-month conversion work on the 15,282 TEU Maersk Halifax in the middle of next year, with the Danish carrier told Container News it has “an option with MAN to convert the other 10 as well”.
Accordin...
https://container-news.com/ex-maersk-honam-to-convert-to-methanol/
A.P. Moller-Maersk recently issued a statement following the investigation into the fire incident that had left five crewmembers dead on the containership Maersk Honam in ..
Maersk Honam has been successfully rebuilt at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea. The vessel now carries the name Maersk Halifax.
On Thursday, 1 August, Maersk took delivery of Maersk Halifax, formerly known as Maersk Honam, from Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea.
After being hit by a tragic fire in March 2018, Maersk Honam was towed to Jebel Ali for the discharge of the remaining cargo and clearance of debris. The vessel was cut into two sections. In February, the...
https://container-news.com/maersk-halifax-enters-into-service/
According to an article published by Splash247, seventeen months after a fire ripped through it, Maersk is set to send the 15,282 teu boxship Maersk Honam back on active duty.
Vessel rechristenedThe ship, which caught fire on March 6 last year leading to the loss of five seafarer lives, has been renamed Maersk Halifax.
The damaged ship’s bow was cut off at a yard in Dubai and the remainder of the ship was then moved by a semi-submersible ship to Ulsan in South Korea, where Hyundai Heavy...
http://mfame.guru/re-christened-maersk-honam-ready-to-set-sail/
Last year a fire tore through the Maersk Honam leading to the loss of five sailors. Less than 18 months later the ship has been repaired, renamed and is back on duty. Splash 24/7 reports that the now-named Maersk Halifax features a reshaped bow and an SOx scrubber. The report also covers the repair...
https://theloadstar.com/maersk-honam-renamed-and-ready-to-sail/