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Danish container shipping group A.P. Moller - Maersk has ordered eight large dual-fuel container vessels capable of running on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Chinese shipbuilder New Times Shipbuilding.

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_IMAGE: A container ship operated by Maersk in the Port of Hamburg. Getty Images_

The vessels will each have a capacity of 18,600 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and will be equipped with dual-fuel engines that can operate on conventional marine fuel or LNG. Deliveries are scheduled between 2029 and 2030.

Maersk ordered 20 LNG dual-fuel container ships in 2024, and earlier this month it took [delivery](https://www.engine.online/news/maersk-takes-delivery-of-new-methanol-capable-vessel-7703) of the first vessel in a series of six methanol-capable newbuilds. Four sister methanol dual-fuel vessels are scheduled for delivery this year, with another due early next year.

Including the latest order, Maersk now has a total of 33 vessels on order.

_By Nachiket Tekawade_

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