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来源：Offshore Energy 2025-01-01

翻译：国际海事信息网 杨皓然 张运鸿

 

        比利时船东EXMAR表示旗下最新一艘配备了液化天然气双燃料发动机的中型气体运输船（MGC）已经开工建造。

 

        据悉，这是比利时船东EXMAR旗下第三艘中型气体运输船，其开工仪式于2024年12月30日在中国南通中集太平洋海洋工程有限公司（CIMC SOE）举行。

 

        该船舶预计将于2026年的第二季度完成交付。

 

        这艘新造船舶是比利时船东EXMAR近期从挪威船东Avance Gas购买的四艘41000立方米液化天然气双燃料中型气体运输船中的一艘。

 

        这些新购船舶以2.824亿美元的总价购入，它们有望于扩大船队的规模和运输能力，进而开拓新业务。

 

        据说，此举还凸显了比利时船东EXMAR的运营策略：保持船队的多样化和较强的适应性，以应对日新月异的市场需求。

 

        相关新闻表示，上个月比利时船东EXMAR宣布成立一家新的法国子公司——EXMAR LPG France，拥有并运营六艘于韩国现代尾浦造船厂（HD Hyundai Mipo）新造的液化天然气-氨气双燃料中型气体运输船。

 

        这些船舶预计将成为有史以来首批由能够使用氨气的双燃料发动机推进的远洋船舶。

 

        韩国现代尾浦造船厂于2024年7月份为第一艘46000立方米的运输船铺设龙骨。该船舶预计将于2025年第一季度完成交付。

 

        该系列六艘船舶的前两艘预计将由液化天然气双燃料发动机提供动力支持，而剩余四艘船舶则将使用氨气作为燃料。

 

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Chinese shipyard starts building EXMAR’s new LPG dual-fuel gas carrier

 

Belgium-based shipping player EXMAR has revealed the beginning of the construction of its new midsize gas carrier with LPG dual-fuel engines.

 

As disclosed, the steel cutting ceremony for EXMAR’s third midsize gas carrier was held on December 30, 2024, at CIMC Sinopacific shipyard in China.

 

Its delivery is anticipated in the second quarter of 2026.

 

The newbuild is part of EXMAR’s series of four 41,000 cubic meter LPG dual-fuel midsize gas carriers recently acquired from Norway’s shipping company Avance Gas.

 

Purchased for a total price of $282.4 million, these additions are expected to broaden the fleet’s range of sizes and capabilities and attract new business.

 

This move is also said to underscore EXMAR’s strategy of maintaining a diverse and adaptable fleet to meet evolving market demands.

 

In related news, last month EXMAR announced the opening of a new entity, EXMAR LPG France, which will own and operate six newbuild dual-fuel LPG/ammonia midsize gas carriers under construction at HD Hyundai Mipo in South Korea.

 

The ships are expected to be the first-ever oceangoing vessels to be propelled by dual-fuel engines capable of operating with ammonia.

 

The South Korean shipyard laid the keel for the first 46,000 cubic meter (cbm) carrier in July 2024. The delivery of the vessel is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025.

 

The first two units in this six-vessel series will be powered by LPG dual-fuel engines while the remaining four vessels will be fueled by ammonia.

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