Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, announced on its website on May 26th that "the world's first eco-friendly methanol propulsion ship will be delivered from a Korean shipbuilder in June this year and will have a naming ceremony at its headquarters in Copenhagen in September."

Due to heavy snowfall in Georgia on the highway of Mtskheta-Stefantsminda-Larsi on Gudauri-Kobi road section road movement is prohibited for all kind of vehicle.

July 13, 2017 the company officially became a member of the WCA.