Eastaway, the shipowning arm of Singapore’s X-Press Feeders, has ordered six 1,250 teu methanol dual-fuel newbuild containerships at CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.
The primary boxship will enter X-Press Feeders’ Europe commerce routes by the second quarter of 2025, with all vessels becoming a member of the fleet by the third quarter of 2026.
The Ice Class newbuilds will undertake the Sdari Sealion CV1250 methanol twin gas design and produce about 75% much less emissions when working on inexperienced methanol, X-Press Feeders stated.
X-Press Feeders is the world’s largest unbiased frequent service with a fleet of greater than 100 vessels. Alphaliner lists the service because the seventeenth largest on the planet.
The Sea Consortium-controlled feeder operator is taking a lot of proactive steps to scale back the environmental impression of its fleet and turning into net-zero emission by 2050, together with nuclear energy, methanol-powered newbuilds and carbon seize retrofits.
“To attain our objective of reaching net-zero emission by 2050, we should take concrete steps at present. This order of 6 dual-fuel methanol vessels is proof of our dedication to not solely discuss carbon neutrality objectives however make investments and take dangers to realize them. X-Press Feeders will proceed to have a look at methods to additional make investments sources to scale back emissions by means of extra environment friendly operations and selling sustainable practices all through our community,” stated Shmuel Yoskovitz the corporate’s chief govt officer.
