Evergreen and other shipping firms have ordered similar vessels, though they have less ambitious carbon neutrality targets than Maersk.
Shipping accounts for around 3% of global carbon emissions, an amount comparable to major polluting countries.
Denmark's Minister of Industry Morten Bodskov said this is because it is a global industry.
In June, a group of 20 nations supported a plan for a levy on shipping industry emissions.
"I'm worried about the rhetoric that energy transition is a downside and not really a great opportunity," he added.
Persons:
Moller, Vincent Clerc, Clerc, Morten Bodskov, Bodskov, Maersk's, I'm
Organizations:
Maersk, DENMARK — Shipping, CNBC, Evergreen, Maersk . Shipping, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development
Locations:
Copenhagen, DENMARK, China, Argentina, Brazil