Five times less transit time and the first carried out shipment from China to Georgia by means of rail transport. The cargo was loaded in China on January 29, 2015 and unloaded – on February 6, 2015 in Georgia.
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."