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        荷兰船用燃料供应商Titan LNG与马来西亚国家石油公司（Petronas）的海事工作子公司Petronas Marine合作，根据定期供应协议向 “世界首艘液化天然气（Liquefied Natural Gas，简称LNG）动力巨型油船（very large crude carrier，简称VLCC）”供应液化天然气。

 

        由科氏工业集团（Koch Industries）租用、中远海运集团（Cosco）所有的 “远瑞洋 ”号巨型油船的船对船燃料加注工作在马来西亚Pasir Gudang港进行，其使用的是马来西亚国家石油公司长期租用的“Avenir Advantage”号驳船。

 

        据披露，这是Titan LNG公司与科氏工业集团所签订合同项下的首次交付工作，标志着马来西亚国家石油公司与Titan LNG公司合作的又一里程碑，该公司此前已向亚洲各地船舶供应液化天然气，包括 “Siem Aristotle ”号和其他几艘航行亚欧航线的较小船舶。

 

        Titan LNG公司海事商业总监Michael Schaap表示：“我司能与供应伙伴马来西亚国家石油子公司Petronas Marine维持牢固长久的合作关系，以及我司长期客户科氏工业集团（Koch Industries）展现出其信心，我们为此感到自豪。随着液化天然气供应途径获得认可及其不断发展，采取合作的方式使我们能够继续在欧洲、亚洲和世界各地安全地供应液化天然气。”

 

        公认的世界首艘液化天然气动力巨型油船“远瑞洋”号交付于今年2月。

 

        这艘船舶的设计采用了C型储罐，这是两个容积为3500立方米的液化天然气低温储罐，为该船取得了完全独立的知识产权。

 

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Ship-to-ship bunkering of ‘world’s 1st LNG-fueled VLCC’ done

 

Dutch marine fuel supplier Titan LNG has teamed up with Petronas Marine, Petronas’ marine solutions unit, to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) under a term supply agreement to the “world’s first LNG-fueled very large crude carrier (VLCC)”.

 

The ship-to-ship bunkering of the Yuan Rui Yang VLCC, chartered by Koch Industries and owned by Cosco, took place in the port of Pasir Gudang, Malaysia using the Avenir Advantage, Petronas’ long-term chartered barge.

 

As disclosed, this is the first delivery under the contract agreement between Titan LNG and Koch Industries and marks another milestone for the Petronas-Titan collaboration, which has previously supplied LNG across Asia to vessels including the Siem Aristotle and several other smaller vessels that were en route from Asia to Europe.

 

“We are proud of the strong and ongoing relationship with our supply partner, Petronas Marine, and the faith shown by our long-term customer, Koch Industries. As the LNG pathway gains recognition and momentum, taking a collaborative approach enables us to continue to deliver LNG safely across Europe, Asia and around the world”, said Michael Schaap, Titan LNG’s Marine commercial director.

 

Deemed the world’s first LNG-fueled VLCC, the Yuan Rui Yang was delivered in February this year.

 

The 333-metre long vessel is equipped with a dual-fuel engine, power generators and boiler. In gas mode, the ship’s endurance can reach 12,000 nautical miles, with a combined endurance for fuel and gas of 24,000 nautical miles. It makes the design energy efficiency index (EEDI) about 39.3% lower than the baseline value.

 

It is designed with the C-type storage tanks, which are two 3,500 cbm LNG low-temperature storage tanks with completely independent intellectual property rights obtained for the vessel.