Eastern Pacific签署LNG动力船订单

据道琼斯12月4日消息，总部位于新加坡的Eastern Pacific海运公司签下了一份总额5.5亿美元的订单，将购买四艘LNG动力的油轮和散货船，因为严格的反污染法律将从明年开始实施，在这种背景下人们对更清洁船舶的需求日益增长。

这些订单被分配给了一家亚洲大型船舶公司。这家企业拥有8,000亿美元资产和30万名员工，目前正与日本和韩国的船厂争夺高利润率的LNG船订单。

由船业巨头Idan Ofer执掌的Eastern Pacific海运公司过去三年里在新技术船舶上投资了近30亿美元，这些船舶即可以使用LNG，也可以使用传统燃料。

唐绍红 摘译自 道琼斯

原文如下：

Eastern Pacific Inks $550 Million Order For LNG-Powered Ships

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping Ltd. has signed a $550 million order for four tankers and bulk carriers powered by liquefied natural gas, as appetite for cleaner ships grows with tough anti-pollution laws starting next year.

The orders went to units of a shipbuilding corporation in Asia, a behemoth with $800 billion in assets and 300,000 workers, which is in a race with Japanese and Korean yards to attract orders for high-margin LNG vessels.

EPS, run by ship magnate Idan Ofer, has invested close to $3 billion over the past three years in new technology ships that can burn LNG alongside traditional fuels.