据12月3日Argus Media报道，壳牌执行副总裁史蒂夫•希尔在CWC世界液化天然气峰会上表示，壳牌计划到2025年将液化天然气燃料船的数量增加一倍以上。目前，改公司已经有6艘液化天然气燃料船投入使用或即将开始服务。
希尔补充称，未来几年，液化天然气将大幅提高其在燃料供应市场的份额，这也得益于其在全球范围内的可用性。所有主要港口都有液化天然气供应，而作为一种船舶燃料被广泛使用，只需要完成“最后一英里”的投资，实现燃料补给作业。
虽然完成将液化天然气作为船舶燃料的供应链可能仅需要相对较小的投资，但新冠肺炎疫情造成的经济低迷可能会减缓建造新的液化天然气燃料船舶或改造现有船舶的投资决策，从而阻碍需求增长。
总部位于新加坡的Pavilion Energy首席执行官弗雷德里克•巴诺(Frederic Barnaud)承认，在疫情爆发之初就担心疫情可能会对建造新在液化天然气燃料船舶的投资决策造成影响。不过，这些液化天然气燃料船舶建造项目正在不断地做出最终投资决定。
目前，液化天然气燃料船舶的数量已从2019年底的194艘增加到了211艘。
王佳晶 摘译自 Argus Media
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Shell to double LNG bunkering fleet by 2025
Shell plans to "more than double" its LNG bunkering vessel fleet by 2025, the firm's executive vice-president Steve Hill said at the virtual CWC World LNG summit.
The firm has six LNG bunkering vessels already in operation or about to start service, Hill said.
LNG is set to sharply increase its share of the bunkering market in the coming years, also thanks to its global availability, he added. LNG is already available "in all major ports", and a widespread use as a marine fuel While relatively small investments may be needed to complete the supply chain for LNG as a marine fuel, the economic downturn stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic may hamper demand growth by slowing investment decisions in building new LNG-fuelled ships or conversions of existing vessels.
Singapore-based Pavilion Energy's chief executive Frederic Barnaud admits he "was a little bit worried at the beginning of the pandemic" about the potential impact The number of LNG-fuelled vessels has reached 211 at present, up from 194 at the end of 2019.
