HONG KONG's Seaspan and German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd are retrofitting five 10,100-TEU vessels with dual-fuel engines capable of running on methanol, reports Rotterdam's Offshore Energy
HONG KONG's Seaspan and German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd are retrofitting five 10,100-TEU vessels with dual-fuel engines capable of running on methanol, reports Rotterdam's Offshore Energy. The ships scheduled for retrofits at a cost of US$120 million are the Seaspan Amazon, Seaspan Ganges, Seaspan Thames, Seaspan Yangtze and Seaspan Zambezi.
Retrofitting constitutes a major emissions abatement to extend the operational life of the existing fleet while delivering fuel flexibility.
German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions will deliver the retrofit solutions, and each conversion can result in a CO2 reduction of 50,000-70,000 tonnes each year when burning methanol, according to Seaspan.
Each retrofit is expected to take 80-90 days per vessel starting in the first quarter of 2026. The total investment is estimated at around US$120 million for the five units.
'The methanol retrofit project is a further step in our ambitious sustainability agenda, which aims to achieve the decarbonisation of the entire fleet by 2045 to meet demands for green transportation,' said Hapag Lloyd chief operating officer Maximillian Rothkopf.
Meanwhile, Danish shipping giant Maersk recently started its methanol dual-fuel conversion project, with the Zhoushan Xinya Shipyard starting the retrofitting of the Maersk Halifax, a 14,000-TEUer to run on methanol.
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