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来源：Offshore Energy 2025-04-18

翻译：国际海事信息网 檀智 张运鸿

 

        美国佛罗里达州布劳沃德县（Broward County）的埃弗格雷斯港（Port Everglades）首次迎来了一艘以液化天然气（LNG）为燃料的货船。  

 

        这艘名为Quetzal的新造集装箱船由新加坡公司Eastern Pacific Shipping建造，租给美国航运和物流公司Crowley使用，并完成了其首次停靠。  

 

        据披露，此前已有数艘液化天然气动力邮轮到访过埃弗格雷斯港，包括美国公主邮轮（Princess Cruises）的“太阳公主号”（Sun Princess）以及摩纳哥银海邮轮（Silversea）的“银新星号”（Silver Nova）和“银月号”（Silver Ray）。然而，这是首艘停靠该港的液化天然气动力货船。  

 

        埃弗格雷斯港首席执行官兼港口总监约瑟夫·莫里斯（Joseph Morris）表示：“过去一年，我们港口已迎接了多艘使用液化天然气的邮轮，我们赞赏Crowley在通过佛罗里达州第一大易腐货物港口运输生鲜产品时减少环境影响的努力。显然，我们的海运未来依赖于创新与持续变革。”  

 

        值得注意的是，此次也是Quetzal号在中美洲与美国之间航线上的首次美国港口停靠。这艘新船是四艘Avance级船舶之一，将在长期定期租约下为Crowley运营，目前正执行其首次商业航行。  

 

        该船可装载1,400个标准箱（TEU），并配备300个冷藏插头用于运输易腐货物。所有该系列集装箱船均搭载德国MAN Energy Solutions的高压ME-GI发动机，据称可将甲烷滑漏降至“可忽略水平”，使其成为同类中“环保效率最高”的船舶。  

 

        值得一提的是，埃弗格雷斯港年均处理约100万标准箱，是通往拉丁美洲、加勒比海、欧洲和亚洲的门户。该港口位于佛罗里达州的达尼亚滩（Dania Beach）、劳德代尔堡（Fort Lauderdale）和好莱坞市（Hollywood）之间，据称处于全球最大消费区域之一的中心地带。  

 

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U.S. Broward County’s (Florida) Port Everglades has welcomed its first cargo ship fueled by liquified natural gas (LNG).

 

Quetzal, a newbuild containership chartered by U.S. shipping and logistics company Crowley from Singapore-based company Eastern Pacific Shipping, made the inaugural call.

 

As disclosed, several LNG-powered cruise ships, including U.S. Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess and Monaco-based Silversea’s Silver Nova and Silver Ray, have already visited Port Everglades, however, this is the first LNG-powered cargo ship to call.

 

CEO and Port Director Joseph Morris stated: “Over the last year, our port has welcomed several cruise ships that use LNG, and we applaud Crowley’s efforts to reduce its impact when transporting perishables through Florida’s No. 1 port for perishable goods. It’s clear that our maritime future relies on innovation and continuous evolution.”

 

To note, this was also Quetzal’s first U.S. port call as part of its route between Central America and the U.S. The newbuild, one of four Avance Class vessels that will operate under a long-term time charter to Crowley, is on its maiden commercial voyage.

 

With a capacity for 1,400 TEUs and 300 refrigerated unit plugs for transporting perishable cargo, all these containerships feature German MAN Energy Solutions’ high-pressure ME-GI engines, which are said to reduce methane slippage to “negligible levels” and make these vessels the “most environmentally efficient” in their category.

 

It is worth mentioning that Port Everglades reportedly handles an average of one million TEUs annually and serves as a gateway to Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Located within the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, it is said to be in the heart of one of the world’s largest consumer regions.

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