據電力新聞報道，全球最大的航運公司A.P.穆勒-馬士基公司(A.P. Moller-Maersk) 7月1日在一份公司聲明中表示，該公司已與韓國現代Mipo造船廠簽署協議，將建造一艘能夠使用甲醇或極低硫燃料油(vllsfo)航行的支線船舶。

　　這個項目是馬士基公司在2023年前運營世界上第一艘碳中和船計劃的一部分。

　　聲明補充稱，這艘船將由碳中和甲醇提供動力，預計將于2023年年中前交付給馬士基公司。 它將擁有裝載2100個20英尺等量單位(TEU)的能力，并將部署在波羅的海航運線上，懸掛丹麥國旗。

　　A.P.穆勒-馬士基公司船隊技術主管Ole Graa Jakobsen表示：“開發這艘碳中和船是一個重大挑戰，但為了實現這一里程碑，我們與船廠和制造商的合作已經取得了很大進展。”

　　他補充道：“雖然我們正在為我們的行業開創這些解決方案，但我們將使用成熟的技術，進一步擴大規模的成本潛力變得非常明顯。”

　　李峻 編譯自 電力新聞

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　　Maersk signs deal on construction of first carbon-neutral vessel

　　A.P. Moller-Maersk -- the largest shipping company in the world -- has signed an agreement with South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyards to a build a feeder vessel capable of sailing either on methanol or very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), it said July 1.

　　The project is part of the company's plans to operate the world's first carbon-neutral vessel by 2023.

　　The vessel, which will be powered by carbon-neutral methanol, is expected to be delivered to Maersk by mid-2023, the statement added. It will have a capacity of 2,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and will be deployed on the Baltic shipping route and fly the Danish flag.

　　"Developing this vessel is a significant challenge, but we have already come a long way in our work with the yard and the makers to reach this milestone," said Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head of Fleet Technology at A.P. Moller-Maersk.

　　"While we are pioneering these solutions for our industry, we are working with well-proven technologies and the cost potential from further scaling is becoming very clear to us," he added.