石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社新加坡10月25日消息稱，俄羅斯國有航運公司Sovcomflot周三表示，該公司旗下的一艘原油油輪已通過液化天然氣(LNG)在波羅的海和北海完成首次航行。 該公司在一份聲明中表示，阿芙拉型油輪Gagarin Prospect從普里莫爾斯克向鹿特丹運送了104815噸原油。 根據Sovcomflot與荷蘭皇家殼牌公司簽訂的長期定期租船合同，該船裝載了俄羅斯原油的第一批出口貨物。 Sovcomflot補充說，這艘船是世界上第一艘以LNG為主要燃料的阿芙拉型原油油輪。 該公司表示：“改用清潔的液化天然氣燃料使Sovcomflot能夠顯著降低其對自然環境的影響?！?“這對于波羅的海和北海等交通繁忙地區的船舶尤為重要，這些’綠色漏斗’油輪將主要在這些地區運營?！?在2020年出臺限制硫含量的船用燃料新規則之前，Sovcomflot正在逐步將其傳統油輪船隊從傳統重油轉換為液化天然氣。 波羅的海的硫排放控制區已于2005年生效。 該公司預計明年第二季度初將有六艘這樣的以液化天然氣為燃料的阿芙拉型油輪投入運營。 曹海斌 摘譯自 路透社 原文如下： Russia’s Sovcomflot crude oil tanker completes first voyage on LNG fuel A crude oil tanker owned by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot has completed its first voyage across the Baltic and North Seas operating on liquefied natural gas (LNG), the company said on Wednesday. The Aframax tanker Gagarin Prospect delivered a cargo of 104,815 tonnes of crude oil from Primorsk to Rotterdam, the company said in a statement. The vessel carried the first export cargo of Russian crude under a long-term time-charter contract between Sovcomflot and Royal Dutch Shell. Sovcomflot added that the ship is the world’s first Aframax crude oil tanker designed to operate on LNG as its primary fuel. “Switching to cleaner-burning LNG fuel allows Sovcomflot to significantly reduce its impact on the natural environment,” the company said. “This is particularly important for ships in high-traffic areas such as the Baltic and North Seas where these ‘Green Funnel’ tankers will primarily operate.” Sovcomflot is gradually switching its conventional tanker fleet from traditional heavy fuel oil to LNG ahead of the 2020 introduction of new rules on marine fuels that will limit the sulphur content. There is already a sulphur emission control area for the Baltic Sea that went into effect in 2005. The company expects to have six such LNG-fuelled Aframax tankers in operation by the beginning of second quarter of next year. ? ?
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