据1月21日offshore energy消息：俄罗斯最大航运公司Sovcomflot已与道达尔签订一项新建液化天然气油轮的租赁协议。
SCF在一份声明中表示，两家公司已就新建造17.4万立方米LNG运输船达成长达7年的定期租船协议，并拥有最多增加两艘船的选择权。
这艘船将是SCF新一代常规Atlanticmax LNG船系列中的最新船，另外SCF La Perouse，SCF Barents和SCF Timmerman等三艘姊妹船已经投入运营。
该船将配备X-DF推进系统，由低速柴油发动机直接驱动螺旋桨运行，与前几代LNG船相比，该船可大大减少燃料消耗。
新船还将配备船体空气润滑系统，该系统与两台带有频率-电流转换器的轴式发电机相结合，有望进一步显著降低燃料消耗和温室气体排放。
该系列新型船舶的另一个环保特点是部分再液化系统，该系统可使货物蒸发掉的气体返回罐中。
液化天然气运输船将于2023年第三季度交付给承租人。
冯娟 摘译自 offshore energy
原文如下：
SCF inks LNG newbuild charter deal with Total
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has secured a charter deal for its newbuild LNG tanker with Total.
The two companies have concluded a time charter agreement for up to 7 years for a newbuilding 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, to be owned and operated by SCF, with options for up to two additional vessels, SCF said in its statement The new vessel will be the latest in a series of SCF’s new-generation conventional Atlanticmax LNG carriers, with three sister ships already in operation, SCF La Perouse, SCF Barents and SCF Timmerman.
The vessel will be fitted with an X-DF propulsion system, operated by a slow-speed diesel engine with a direct drive to the propellers, which will enable a substantial reduction in the vessel’s fuel consumption when compared with previous generations of LNG carriers.
The new carrier will also be fitted with a hull air lubrication system which, combined with two shaft power generators with frequency-to-current converters, is expected to deliver a further significant decrease in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Another environmental feature of this series of new-generation vessels is a partial re-liquefaction system, which allows cargo boil-off gas to be returned to the tanks.
Delivery of the LNG carrier to the charterer is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023.
