Maersk Tankers moves to new Singapore office

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“Our Singapore activities play an important role in enabling trade and ensuring that the vessels in our fleet trade as efficiently as possible and generate the greatest returns for our partners,” says Kristian Jasper, Managing Director and Head of Chartering of Maersk Tankers Singapore.

Maersk Tankers manages a large share of its activities from Singapore with around 40% of the 150 ships trading in the Asia Pacific region.

Maersk Tankers has moved its Singapore office from Harbour Front to OUE Downtown in the Central Business District. The move supports the company in providing its service to partners in the Asia Pacific region. With a significant amount of the energy trade for the Asia Pacific region flowing through Singapore, the city is an important energy hub for the world.

“The new office will support us in providing the best service by moving us closer to customers, pool partners and brokers and it will offer employees a new and modern work environment in a central location,” Jasper added.

Danish Maersk has added to its growing numbers of methanol dual-fuel containerships. The company has signed a deal for six new 9,000 TEU vessels at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. TEU stands for “twenty-foot equivalent unit” so these vessels are designed to carry 9.000 20 foot containers.

Maersk started adding methanol-fueled newbuilds in 2021 with a series of 16,000 TEU units, as part of the company’s goal to achieve net zero in 2040. Today it has 25 methanol-enabled vessels on order.

The units will replace existing capacity in the Maersk fleet. It’s expected to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by about 450,000 tons CO2 per year.

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The product has had a successful start on the Finnish market.