据路透社伦敦12月21日报道，新兴经济体的政治不稳定和低信用评级使得一些船东不再订购新的浮式储存及再气化装置（FSRU），因为他们将重点转移到了更成熟的天然气市场。
预计来自亚洲、非洲和南美新兴市场的LNG需求将受到FSRU技术的推动，这些技术比陆上进口终端更便宜，更耗时。但随着全球进口项目被推迟或取消，船东的投机性FSRU订单激增，导致今年船舶供应过剩，表明需求被高估。
挪威Hoegh LNG公司在周五宣布了今年在澳大利亚签订的第二个FSRU合同。
澳大利亚AGL能源公司开发的，用于在维多利亚Crib Point码头LNG进口的FSRU项目，将允许Hoegh将其FSRU出租10年。
此举正值澳大利亚东部各州遭遇天然气短缺之际，尽管西海岸的LNG产量在11月使澳大利亚成为最大的LNG生产国。
今年8月，Hoegh LNG在新南威尔士的一个进口项目中中标，该项目由澳大利亚工业能源公司开发，该财团包括日本的杰拉和丸红公司。
Hoegh首席执行官Sveinung Stoehle对路透社表示：“我们现在只与主要的能源公司或国有公司合作。”由于延误和取消，Hoegh已经退出了在加纳，智利和巴基斯坦的FSRU项目。他补充道：“"在我们为现有的FSRUs达成长期交易之前, 我们不会下新的订单。”
其他船东似乎也在采取类似的战略。比利时Exmar表示，在订购新船之前，它还将寻求长期合同。
日本船商三井表示，今年也没有为FSRU下新订单，并补充称，它正在等待德国的一个进口项目（也是由Uniper公司开发的）的最终投资决定。
船舶经纪人标志，由于供应过剩，今年约有7艘FSRU被雇用为LNG运输船。
詹晓晶摘自路透社
原文如下：
FSRU suppliers shift from emerging markets, cut back new orders
Political instability and low credit ratings in emerging economies are putting some shipowners off ordering new floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), as they shift focus to more mature gas markets.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand from emerging markets in Asia, Africa and South America was expected to be boosted by FSRU technologies that are less expensive and time-consuming than But a boom in speculative FSRU orders from shipowners led to an oversupply of units this year as import projects across the world were delayed or cancelled, suggesting demand had been overestimated.
Norway’s Hoegh LNG announced The FSRU project for the import of LNG at Crib Point in Victoria developed by Australia’s AGL Energy Ltd will allow Hoegh to charter out its FSRU for 10 years.
The move comes as Australia’s eastern states suffer from gas shortages even though LNG production In August, Hoegh LNG won a tender for an import project in New South Wales developed by Australian Industrial Energy, a consortium that includes Japan’s JERA and Marubeni Corp.
“We will Hoegh has pulled out of FSRU projects in Ghana, Chile and Pakistan due to delays and cancellations.
“We will not place new orders until we have long-term deals for (our existing FSRUs),” he added.
Other shipowners appear to be taking a similar strategy. Belgium’s Exmar said it also would look for long-term contracts before ordering new vessels.
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) said it had not placed new orders for FSRUs this year either, adding that it was awaiting a final investment decision (FID) The oversupply of units led to around seven FSRUs being employed as LNG carriers this year, shipbrokers said.
