石油圈中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社新加坡10月25日消息称，俄罗斯国有航运公司Sovcomflot周三表示，该公司旗下的一艘原油油轮已通过液化天然气(LNG)在波罗的海和北海完成首次航行。 该公司在一份声明中表示，阿芙拉型油轮Gagarin Prospect从普里莫尔斯克向鹿特丹运送了104815吨原油。 根据Sovcomflot与荷兰皇家壳牌公司签订的长期定期租船合同，该船装载了俄罗斯原油的第一批出口货物。 Sovcomflot补充说，这艘船是世界上第一艘以LNG为主要燃料的阿芙拉型原油油轮。 该公司表示：“改用清洁的液化天然气燃料使Sovcomflot能够显著降低其对自然环境的影响。” “这对于波罗的海和北海等交通繁忙地区的船舶尤为重要，这些’绿色漏斗’油轮将主要在这些地区运营。” 在2020年出台限制硫含量的船用燃料新规则之前，Sovcomflot正在逐步将其传统油轮船队从传统重油转换为液化天然气。 波罗的海的硫排放控制区已于2005年生效。 该公司预计明年第二季度初将有六艘这样的以液化天然气为燃料的阿芙拉型油轮投入运营。 曹海斌 摘译自 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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