China’s container shipping major COSCO Shipping Lines has christened its second 16,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel containership.
The newbuild COSCO Shipping Panama was officially welcomed and named on July 18 at the COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in Yangzhou.
COSCO Shipping Panama is 366 meters long and 51 meters wide, with a maximum capacity of 16,136 TEUs.
The containership features an 11,000 cubic meter (cbm) methanol storage tank, methanol dual-fuel marine boilers, and methanol generator sets for switching fuel modes according to operational needs, COSCO Shipping explained.
COSCO Shipping Panama is the sister ship of COSCO Shipping Yangpu , also known as China’s first domestically built methanol dual-fuel containership, delivered in June 2025.
Equipped with an ultra-large methanol storage tank, COSCO Shipping Yangpu is said to be able to complete a one-way voyage from the Far East to the West Coast of the United States in methanol mode.
The ship completed its maiden voyage to the Port of Yangpu in Hainan Province on July 2, 2025, when it also wrapped up its first domestic green methanol bunkering at Yangpu International Container Terminal.
In addition, COSCO Shipping Yangpu was recently bunkered with 500 tons of green methanol at the port of Dalian, marking the first time a port in northern China refueled local ISCC-certified methanol.