据世界天然气网站11月14日报道，由Aspo的子公司ESL Shipping拥有的新型液化天然气燃料散货船Viikki已经开始在波罗的海运营。
这艘25,600载重吨的船只，160米长的Viikki船在中国建造，并在完工后首先驶往日本装载一批原材料。
Aspo在声明中称，从那里通过东北通道抵达波罗的海，从日本缩短了三个星期的旅程，与通过巴拿马运河相比减少了40％的旅程排放量。
Viikki拥有LNG燃料主发动机，三个辅助发动机和锅炉。
该船的设计符合能效设计指数（EEDI），该指数对新造船的能效进行评级。
这两艘船，Vikki及其姊妹船Haaga都是专为密集交通而设计的，每周都有几个港口停靠，货物处理通常会在船只自己的起重机上进行。
这个新建项目是Bothnia Bulk项目的一部分，该项目部分由欧盟资助。它的目标是使吕勒奥，Oxelösund和Raahe之间的海路现代化，使其更加环保。
这些船舶由芬兰的Deltamarin设计，欧洲设备供应商提供了大约60％的船舶系统。
李方征 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
LNG-fueled bulk carrier Viikki starts Baltic Sea ops
The new LNG-fueled bulk carrier Viikki, owned by ESL Shipping, a subsidiary of the Aspo, has started operating The 25,600-dwt vessel, 160 meters long Viikki was built in China, and after completion first sailed to Japan to load a cargo of raw materials.
From there, the vessel arrived in the Baltic Sea through the Northeast Passage, which shortened the journey from Japan by three weeks and reduced the emissions of the journey by 40 percent compared with going through the Panama Canal, Aspo said in its statement.
Viikki features an LNG-fueled main engine, three auxiliary engines and the boiler.
The ship has been designed in accordance with the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) that rates the energy efficiency of newbuildings.
Both vessels, Vikki and its sister ship Haaga have been designed for intensive traffic with several port calls a week and cargo handling will often take place with the vessel’s own cranes.
This newbuilding project is part of the Bothnia Bulk project, partly funded by the EU. Its goal is to modernize the sea route between Luleå, Oxelösund and Raahe to be more eco-friendly.
The vessels have been designed by Deltamarin in Finland, and European equipment suppliers have provided roughly 60 percent of all vessel systems.
