Maersk's first methanol ship has "broken the vicious circle"

The feeder ship Laura Maersk is far from CO²-free at the moment, but the small ship has done much more for Maersk’s green transition plans than management had even hoped for, says Maersk director.

Laura Maersk was named by EU President Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen on Thursday this week. | Photo: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

AF JENS THOMSEN, DAG HOLMSTAD

There is still a long way to go before Maersk’s entire fleet of container ships becomes CO²-neutral, but the technical challenges of the green transition seem to be solved faster than the company’s management had dared to hope for.

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