水运LPG贸易量达到2820万吨

据海事新闻11月23日消息称，总部位于新加坡的BW液化石油气公司表示，全球水运LPG贸易量达到2820万吨，同比增长14.1％。

LPG船舶的拥有者和运营商表示，全球LPG贸易继续受到美国水运LPG出口的推动，美国水运LPG出口量增至1050万吨，同比增长21.8%。

中东出口同比小幅下降0.6%，至1020万吨。沙特阿拉伯和伊朗的出口均下降。减少的数量被阿联酋和卡塔尔的出口增加所抵消。

受印尼、菲律宾和越南的带动，进口到东南亚的LPG大幅增加51.7%，达290万吨。今年迄今，东南亚进口已达800万吨，同比增长33.6%。

中国第三季度进口量小幅下降0.5%，至2330万吨。但今年以来，中国进口LPG达1500万吨，比去年同期增长13.2%。今年到目前为止，印度进口LPG达1040万吨，同比增长10.5%。

与此同时，第三季度交付了三艘超大型天然气船(VLGC)，没有一艘被回收，这意味着船舶数量同比增长5.7%。VLGC是容量超过6万立方米的液化石油气船。

到2019年第三季度末，全球新建造的超大型天然气船有41艘，相当于VLGC总数278艘船的14.7％。预计2019年剩余时间交付5艘，2020年交付19艘，2021年交付17艘。

公司表示：“我们预计即将出台的IMO 2020法规会对VLGC的运价产生积极的影响，主要是因为大量VLGC将被停靠在码头进行洗涤器改造这进一步支持了我们2019年剩余时间和2020年积极的货运前景。但是，从长远来看，我们仍然认为美国LPG产量将持续增长。”

曹海斌 摘译自 海事新闻

原文如下：

Waterborne LPG Trade Reaches 28.2MT

Global waterborne LPG trade reached 28.2 million tons, 14.1% growth year over year, said Singapore-headquartered BW LPG.

Global LPG trade continues to be driven by the U.S. waterborne LPG exports which grew to 10.5 million tons, up 21.8% year over year, said the owner and operator of LPG vessels.

Middle Eastern exports were down marginally by 0.6% year over year to 10.2 million tons. Exports from both Saudi Arabia and Iran fell; the decreased volumes were offset by increased exports from U.A.E and Qatar.

LPG imports to Southeast Asia increased significantly by 51.7% to 2.9 million tons, driven by Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. Year to date Southeast Asian imports have reached 8.0 million tons, 33.6% higher year over year.

Chinese imports decreased marginally by 0.5% to 23.3 million tons in Q3. However, year to date Chinese LPG imports reached 15.0 million tons, 13.2% higher than the same period last year. Year to date imports to India reached 10.4 million tons, 10.5% higher year over year.

Meanwhile, in the third quarter, three Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) newbuilds were delivered and none were recycled, representing a 5.7% growth in the number of vessels year over year. VLGC is LPG ship with capacity above 60,000 cbm

The global VLGC newbuild order-book ended Q3 2019 with 41 vessels, equivalent to 14.7% of the total VLGC fleet of 278 vessels. Five vessels are expected to be delivered in the remainder of 2019, 19 in 2020 and 17 vessels in 2021.

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