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the big moment on maersk's big day is here.ommission president is playing a key role as the shipping giant welcomes the first container ship powered by green methanol. sylvia joins us from copenhagen this morning. >> reporter: good morning. let me run you through the sequence of the events here in copenhagen. the president of the european commission has the honors with the champagne smashed against the ship. after that, the name of the vessel has been revealed. now we can tell you it is "laura maersk" this has a meaningful symbol to the company. that moment represented a new era for the shipping industry. they are hoping this vessel will also represent the start of the new moment for the shipping industry. running with green methanol, this container ship will emit less c02 emissions. it is aiming to be carbon neu neutral. let me run you through the other elements we know of the special vessel. at the moment, when you look at the containers, most of them are actually empty. from next month, they will be carrying products across

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i name you laura maersk.f copenhagen, a naming ceremony the first of its kind vessel. just a few years ago, a large vessel, sailing on green methanol would have been unlikely, perhaps even impossible. for the last century, most ships have sailed on marine diesel, a dirty carbon—heavy fuel. so this cleaner alternative is a milestone for an industry that is one of the world's biggest emitters. laura can carry 2000 containers. slashing emissions by nearly two—thirds. a fully clear liquid in liquid form normal temperature and normal pressure. another 20 larger ships ordered by maersk will be on the water by 2025, and now other firms are following. so far we have taken a bet on green methanol and that was really out of the conclusion that the technology was here. it could work, it was economically viable, it was not perfect and scalable for the whole transition but that was a good first step to take. it's both incredibly expensive and limited in supply so how are you going to get your hands on enough of it? we've

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laura, the pride of the world largest shipping company maersk at a 170 meters long. laura is considered a smaller container ship, but it is unique. laura is a 1st container ship to run on bio methanol and no longer on climate damaging heavy fuel oil. something mirrors can take satisfaction and it means that last time you can see that we are the, let's say the pioneers in the car from lising, the industry. and that's, we're making this happen here. and now, and we have a ship with us. and this is only the store, so it's because i think the other for us is that it's just the source of many, many more ships that are going to come as it has to do carbonized. yeah, the industry curious onlookers stand around the pier. they want a glimpse of the 1st green container ships a blessing. this being a 1st mover is going to be an eye opener for a lot of other companies to follow merced and hopefully we're going to have more green transportation in the future as well. so seeing merits could do this and being the 1st company to do isn't denmark is, is very exciting to, to make such