MOL与三菱启动日本首个LNG动力渡轮项目

据世界天然气12月27日报道，三菱重工(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group)旗下的三菱造船(Mitsubishi Shipbuilding)已经与三井株式会社(Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, MOL)达成协议，建造两艘以液化天然气燃料为动力的渡轮，这是日本首个液化天然气动力渡轮项目。

这两艘船将在下关造船厂和机械厂建造，并计划在2022年底到2023年初陆续完成并交付。

三菱重工在声明中表示，总部位于大分县的向日葵轮渡有限公司（Ferry Sunflower Limited）将在大阪至北浦的航线上运营这批渡轮。

渡轮长约199.9米，宽约28.0米，总吨位约17300吨，最大载客量为763名，大约136辆13米的卡车和100辆客车的运载能力。

主发动机是一个双燃料发动机，既可以使用液化天然气(LNG)，也可以使用A型重油，这在日本是第一艘。

王佳晶 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, MOL ink Japan’s first LNG ferries deal

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, has concluded a contract with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) to build Japan’s first two LNG-fueled ferries.

These vessels will be built at the Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, with successive completion and handover scheduled for the end of 2022 to early 2023.

Ferry Sunflower Limited based in Oita, will operate the ferries align="justify">The ferries will be about 199.9 meters long and 28.0 meters wide, with a gross tonnage of approximately 17,300 tonnes. They will have maximum prescribed capacity for 763 passengers, and carrying capacity for around 136 13-meter trucks and 100 passenger cars.

The main power plant will be a dual-fuel engine able to operate on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and A‐type heavy oil, the first for a Japanese ferry.