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        韩国船东KSS Line公司为其甲醇驱动中程（MR）油轮举行了命名仪式，该船建造于同国的现代尾浦船厂（Hyundai Mipo Dockyard，简称HMD）。

 

        这艘50,000载重吨的油轮号称为韩国第一艘甲醇驱动的船，在10月14日举行的仪式上命名其为“Savonetta Sun”号。 

 

        这艘船会租给加拿大甲醇生产商Methanex公司的航运子公司Waterfront Shipping，KSS Line公司与其签署了为期15年的租船合同。 

 

        该船以生态环保为特色，其配备了能够使用甲醇和重/轻油作为燃料的双燃料发动机。此外，该船还装有用于减少氮氧化物排放的选择性催化还原（selective catalytic reduction，简称SCR）系统。基于这些优势，KSS Line公司欲以国际海事组织（International Maritime Organisation，简称IMO）的新排放法规为目标，使其温室气体排放量减半。 

 

        现在甲醇是一种易于获得的零碳产品，因此在海事行业中越来越受欢迎，尤其考虑到其他替代品，如氨，在成为主流燃料之前还有很长的路要走。

 

        甲醇的益处主要包括其密度不会影响船舶的装载力，这种燃料相对安全，而且价格较低廉。据了解，相比于传统燃料，甲醇能够减少99%的硫氧化物、80%的氮氧化物和25%的碳排放。 

 

        相比于前年少量的订购，甲醇驱动船过去12个月中的订购量约达40艘，这表明这一领域发生了翻天覆地的变化。

 

        同时，KSS Line公司仍在往其船队中引进新环保型船舶。该公司表示两艘液化石油气（liquefied petroleum gas，简称LPG）驱动新船预计于2023年第一季度交付。这些船舶正在由韩国现代重工（Hyundai Heavy Industries，简称HHI）建造。

 

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South Korea’s first methanol-powered tanker named

 

South Korean shipowner KSS Line has held a naming ceremony for its methanol-powered MR tanker built at compatriot Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD).

 

The 50,000 DWT vessel, dubbed South Korea’s first ship to run on methanol, was named Savonetta Sun at a ceremony held on 14 October. 

 

The vessel will be chartered to Waterfront Shipping, the shipping unit of Canadian methanol producer Methanex. KSS Line signed a charter contract with the company for a period of 15 years. 

 

The vessel features eco-friendly characteristics, including a dual-fuel engine that can use both methanol and heavy/light oil as fuel. In addition, the ship features a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, which is used to reduce nitrogen oxides. With these characteristics in mind, KSS Line hopes to target the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) new emission regulations and halve its greenhouse gas emissions. 

 

Being a carbon-neutral solution, which is readily available today, methanol is gaining in popularity in the maritime sector, especially having in mind that other alternatives such as ammonia have a long way to go before becoming more mainstream.

 

The key benefits of methanol include its density, which doesn’t affect the load capacity of ships, the fact that it is relatively safe to bunker, and that it has an attractive price. It is believed that methanol can reduce sulfur oxides by 99%, nitrogen oxides by 80%, and carbon emissions by 25% compared to the conventional fuel. 

 

Ordering of around 40 methanol-powred ships over the past 12 months compared to just a handful in the year before shows quite a dramatic change in this space.

 

Meanwhile, KSS Line is not settling with the introduction of new eco-friendly ships into its fleet. The company expects two new ships capable of running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to arrive in the first quarter of 2023. The units are being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).