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来源：Offshore Energy 2024-07-12  

翻译：国际海事信息网 檀智 张运鸿

 

        2024年7月10日，西班牙渡轮运营商Baleària将“世界上第二艘配备双燃气发动机的快速渡轮”玛格丽塔·萨拉斯号（Margarita Salas）投入巴塞罗那-阿尔库迪亚-西乌塔德利亚航线。

 

        这艘双体船的加入使得Baleària在巴塞罗那-阿尔库迪亚-西乌塔德利亚航线上的高速座位增加了50%，车辆数量翻了一番，同时减少了其碳足迹，因为使用天然气既减少了二氧化碳和氮氧化物的排放，又完全消除了硫磺和颗粒物。

 

        Baleària在这艘船上投资了1.26亿欧元，它可以搭载1200名乘客和425辆车。

 

        这艘新船于2024年7月5日由当地造船厂Armón Shipyards交付给这家西班牙航运公司。

 

         Baleària总裁阿道弗·乌托尔（Adolfo Utor）评论说：“20多年前，我们来到巴塞罗那，怀揣为城市与马略卡岛和梅诺卡岛提供快速交通的目标。现在，有了这艘崭新的快速渡轮，我们的竞争力日渐提高，因为我们能够运送更多的乘客，为他们提供更舒适和更多样的服务，全年不间断，并且我们承诺使用更清洁的能源，大气排放量也得以减少。”

 

        乌托尔指出，这艘新的双体船是自家公司第十一艘配备双燃气发动机的船舶，这种多功能技术允许船只使用多种燃料航行，如目前的天然气，以及未来的可再生碳中和能源。与同一类型的埃莉诺·罗斯福号（Eleanor Roosevelt）相比，玛格丽塔·萨拉斯号在创新性和可持续性上更进一步。

 

        乌托尔说：“这支创新型船队让我们能够使用当前可用的燃料并减少排放，同时使我们在实现2050年脱碳目标方面处于领先地位。”

 

        Baleària估计，玛格丽塔·萨拉斯号每年将避免近13,000吨二氧化碳排放，比目前在该航线上运营的快速渡轮少了22%。除此之外，由于新船具有更大的载客量，每位乘客的二氧化碳排放量将减半。

       

        这艘新的快速渡轮将全年无休地在巴塞罗那，阿尔库迪亚和西乌塔德利亚之间航行。

 

        就船舶的技术特性而言，它长123米，宽28米，拥有四个双燃气发动机，使其巡航速度达到35节（比该系列的第一艘船多出10%的动力）。船上配备了两个液化天然气罐，使其能够用气行驶400英里，总航程达到1000英里。此外，玛格丽塔·萨拉斯号还配有稳定系统以减少晃动、提高舒适度，配备弹性浮动上层建筑和高科技隔热材料，将振动和噪音降至最低。

 

        它还配备了一个岸上供电系统（OPS），以便在港口停泊期间将其连接至岸上电力供应，以及测量设备，有监测实际燃料消耗和计算引擎效率等功能。这些传感器提供实时信息，以实现高效航行，并调整速度和航向，以根据海况增加舒适性。

 

        Baleària表示，这艘船的名字是对生物化学家玛格丽塔·萨拉斯的致敬，她是西班牙分子生物学研究领域的标杆人物。

 

        国际专家（Wärstilä、Incat Crowther、Bureau Veritas 和 Marintek-Sintef）和国家合作伙伴（Cotenaval、Oliver Design 和 Jorge Belloch）参与了这艘可持续双体船的建造。作为“复苏与韧性计划”（RRM）的一部分，该船获得了CaixaBank和欧盟“下一代”基金的资金支持。

 

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On July 10, 2024, Spanish ferry operator Baleària added ‘the world’s second fast ferry with dual gas engines’, the Margarita Salas, to the Barcelona-Alcúdia-Ciutadella route.

 

The incorporation of this catamaran allows Baleària to increase its high-speed seats on the Barcelona-Alcúdia-Ciutadella route by 50% and double the number of vehicles on the route while reducing its carbon footprint, as natural gas reduces both C02 and nitrogen oxide emissions and completely eliminates sulphur and particulates.

 

Baleària has invested €126 million in this vessel which can carry 1,200 passengers and 425 vehicles.

 

The newbuilding was handed over to the Spanish shipping company by local shipbuilder Armón Shipyards on July 5, 2024.

 

“More than 20 years ago we arrived in Barcelona with the aim of providing a high-speed connection between the city and Mallorca and Menorca. Now, with this innovative fast ferry we are increasing our competitiveness, as we can transport more passengers, in greater comfort and with more services, all year round and with much lower atmospheric emissions thanks to our commitment to cleaner fuels,” Adolfo Utor, President of Baleària, commented.

 

Utor noted that the new catamaran is the shipping company’s eleventh to be equipped with dual gas engines, a versatile technology that allows it to sail using a range of fuels, such as natural gas, at present, and renewable carbon-neutral sources in the future. Margarita Salas builds on the innovation and sustainability of its counterpart Eleanor Roosevelt.

 

“This innovative fleet allows us to use the fuel that is currently available and reduces emissions, while at the same time placing us in a leading position in terms of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050,” Utor remarked.

 

The shipping company calculates that the Margarita Salas will avoid the emission of almost 13,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, 22% less than the fast ferry that has been operating on the route to date. On top of this, as the new ship has a larger passenger capacity, the tonnes of carbon dioxide per passenger will be halved.

 

The new fast ferry will connect Barcelona with Alcúdia and Ciutadella on a daily basis all year round.

 

As for the ship’s technical characteristics, it is 123 meters long and 28 meters wide, and has four dual natural gas engines, which allow it to reach a cruising speed of 35 knots (10% more power than the first ship in the series). The ship is equipped with two liquefied natural gas tanks, enabling it to sail 400 miles on gas and have a total range of 1,000 miles. In addition, the Margarita Salas has a stabilization system to reduce movement and improve comfort, as well as an elastically floating superstructure and high-tech insulation to minimize vibrations and noise.

 

It also has an onshore power supply (OPS) system to connect it to the shore-based electricity supply during its stays in port, and measuring equipment to monitor real fuel consumption and calculate engine efficiency, among other functions. These sensors provide real-time information to enable efficient sailing and to adjust the speed and course to increase comfort according to the sea conditions.

 

According to Baleària, the name of the vessel is a tribute to the biochemist Margarita Salas, a benchmark in Spanish science in the field of molecular biology research.

 

International experts (Wärstilä, Incat Crowther, Bureau Veritas and Marintek-Sintef) and national partners (Cotenaval, Oliver Design and Jorge Belloch) were involved in the construction of this sustainable catamaran, which received funding from CaixaBank and European Union Next Generation Funds, as part of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM).

来源：simic