Japan's first naming ceremony for the newly built green methanol containership was held.

　Marsk AS ※(CEO Vincent Clerc) Green Methanol fuel containership entered Yokohama Port for the first time, and a naming ceremony was held today. The naming ceremony for an ultra-large green methanol containership with approximately 16,000 stacks was the second in the world following Korea held on January 26, and the first in Japan.
　At the naming ceremony, Godmother (Mrs. Makoto Uchida, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) named "Astrid Maersk".
　Takeharu Yamanaka, The Mayor of Yokohama, Vice Chair Naoko Fukushima of Yokohama City Council attended the event, and the Mayor presented a commemorative shield to the captain to celebrate the naming.
　Yokohama City is promoting the formation of carbon neutral ports with the aim of realizing a decarbonized society by 2050, and concluded a memorandum of understanding with Marsk AS and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Ltd. in December last year with the aim of promoting the use of green methanol fuel supply at Yokohama Port.
　Going forward, we will continue to promote decarbonization so that Yokohama Port will become Japan's first green methanol supply base.
※AS means a company in Danish language.