The world’s first container ship powered fully with “inexperienced methanol” gas is midway by its maiden voyage from South Korea to Denmark. The voyage marks a rising push within the delivery business to make use of methanol to cut back its greenhouse gasoline emissions, which make up about 3 per cent of worldwide emissions.

The electrical blue, 172-metre-long ship is the primary of 25 methanol-powered container ships ordered by the Danish delivery large Maersk. The ship can run on each methanol and …