First methanol mainliner completes maiden trip: a review The world’s first methanol-enabled mainliner, the 16,592 teu ANE MAERSK of Maersk Group, recently completed her first westbound voyage from Asia to Europe.
From the ship’s first Far Eastern load port, Ningbo in China, the ANE MAERSK travelled a total of around 15,800 nautical miles to her last European port call at Le Havre in France.
Overall, it took the ship a little over 62 days to make this trip. Like most Asia – Europe container loops the voyage had to divert from the Suez Canal to the longer route via the Cape of Good hope.
The ANE MAERSK spent 76% (~47 days) of this time at sea and 24% (~15 days) in port. The ship’s maiden voyage illustrates how much container shipping has adopted slow-steaming.
Source: Alphaliner
