Rotterdam: Today, A.P. Moller - Maersk has celebrated the naming of the dual-fuel methanol ship “Adrian Mærsk” at its APM Terminals Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. Stephanie Pullings Hart, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Nestlé, is the godmother of the container vessel. Nestlé, a key customer, ships 100% of its Maersk ocean cargo under the ECO Delivery Ocean product which utilizes alternative fuels to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These alternative fuels reduce the GHG emissions of the Nestlé cargo by more than 80% compared to conventional fossil ship fuels and stand for a substantial financial commitment of Nestlé who has been using ECO Delivery Ocean since 2023. The dual-fuel vessels demonstrate that the technology for the energy transition of the shipping industry is here. What is crucial now are the decisions that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states will make in London next month. We urgently need regulation to support the uptake of fuels that significantly reduce GHG emissions. At the same time, we need ambitious customers like Nestlé as our close partners in the green transition of shipping and logistics which we couldn’t achieve without their support. (....)