Status: 02/28/2023 11:25 a.m
Hapag-Lloyd has reached a multi-year agreement with the Shell energy group to supply liquefied natural gas. The LNG is to be used as a fuel for new large container ships.
The shipping company Hapag-Lloyd wants to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel for new large container ships from the British-Dutch energy group Shell. Hapag-Lloyd announced that the LNG will probably be stored from the second half of the year as part of the multi-year agreement.
The twelve new dual-fuel container ships with a capacity of more than 23,500 standard containers (TEU) are to be used in the Europe-Far East trades and call at major ports such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Singapore and Shanghai.
CO2 emissions significantly lower
According to the Hamburg shipping company, the use of LNG reduces CO2 emissions by up to 23 percent compared to operation with conventional fuels. In addition, particle emissions were almost completely eliminated. Hapag-Lloyd wants to be climate neutral by 2045.
With a fleet of 252 container ships and a transport capacity of almost 1.8 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is currently the fifth largest liner shipping company in the world.
According to Shell and Hapag-Lloyd, they have also agreed on a strategic partnership to accelerate the decarbonization of alternative marine fuels. The focus is on liquefied biomethane and liquefied e-methane. Liquefied biomethane has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65 to 100 percent.