MPC Container Ships orders two methanol-ready vessels

Norway-headquartered feeder shipowner MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has ordered two methanol-ready 1,300 TEU vessels for delivery in the second half of 2024.

The vessels will be able to run on either methanol or MGO will be built by Chinese shipyard Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering.

The new order will help the firm to set up a “green transportation corridor in Northern Europe”, says MPCC’s chief executive Constantin Baack.

They have been chartered for 15 years to North Sea Container Line (NCL), and they will be used to ship products for industrial group Elkem and other companies.

MPCC has received a subsidy from Enova, and from the NOx fund for the new orders.

Enova is a state-owned enterprise under the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment. Its task is to promote production, consumption and development of green energy and related technology.

NOx is the Norwegian business sector’s fund to reduce emissions.