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Uggla wants to open the energy taps like his grandfather with new venture

The world’s first methanol-powered container ship, christened ”Laura Maersk” by Ursula von der Leyen, kicks off the race for the new green gold.
"Laura Maersk", the new container ship that will be the first in the world to run on methanol, was named on Thursday by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. On the right in the photo is Robert Mærsk Uggla. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
"Laura Maersk", the new container ship that will be the first in the world to run on methanol, was named on Thursday by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. On the right in the photo is Robert Mærsk Uggla. | Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
by DAG HOLMSTAD

Robert Maersk Uggla now follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, the late shipowner Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, with a billion-dollar venture in energy production.

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