韩国造船商将主导LNG油轮市场并持续数年

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社11月20日首尔、东京报道，韩国造船厂已经将日本竞争对手从市场上赶了出来，因为他们建造了运载LNG的大型船舶，赢得了未来三年价值超过90亿美元的所有订单。

根据相关公司和两名油轮经纪人的数据，三家韩国船厂——大宇造船和海洋工程（DSME）、现代重工业和三星重工——已经赢得了50多项新的大型LNG油轮订单，并将在未来三年内交付。

不断增长的订单表明，韩国船厂相对于竞争对手已经取得了优势，尤其是在日本。这也表明，这些公司是如何从两年前的全行业衰退中恢复过来的，以及它们今后将如何掌控该行业。

DSME副总裁Park Hyung-gun称：“随着全球对LNG需求的增加，对LNG航母的需求也随之激增，LNG需求前景光明，韩国造船商将在LNG市场上大放异彩。”

据韩国船舶经纪布莱马尔（Braemar）估计，包括浮动LNG储存和辅助船只在内，韩国船厂今年在所有与LNG相关的订单中囊括了78%。

另一位不愿透露身份的船舶经纪人收集的数据显示，今年所有大型LNG油轮订单都在韩国，总价值超过90亿美元。

新船将使全球LNG船队增加10%左右。主宰这一领域对造船厂来说是关键，因为天然气消耗量超过了石油或煤炭等其他燃料的消耗量。

韩国造船商今年的表现超过了日本竞争对手，三家韩国企业的股票都在上涨，而日本造船商的股价则不是持平就是下跌。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

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South Korean shipbuilders' lock on LNG tanker market to hold for years

South Korean shipyards have boxed out their Japanese rivals from the market for building large ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG), winning all of the orders for the next three years worth more than $9 billion.

Three South Korean yards - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries - have won the more than 50 orders placed for new large-scale LNG tankers for delivery in the next three years, according to data from the companies and two tanker brokers.

The bulging orderbook illustrates the dominance the South Korean yards have achieved over their competitors, especially in Japan. It is also sign of how the companies have rebounded from a sector-wide slump only two years ago and how they are positioned to command the sector in the future.

“The demand for LNG carriers surged followed by increased global demand of LNG,” said Park Hyung-gun, vice president of DSME. “There is a bright outlook ahead for LNG demand and South Korean shipbuilders will be able to excel in the LNG market.”

Including floating LNG storage and support vessels, ship brokerage Braemar estimates South Korean yards have bagged 78 percent of all LNG-related orders this year.

A set of data collected by another ship broker, who did not want to be identified, showed all of this year’s orders for large LNG tankers went to South Korea, at a combined value of over $9 billion.

The new ships will increase the global LNG fleet by around 10 percent. Dominating this segment is key for shipyards, as gas consumption outgrows that of other fuels such as oil or coal.

The South Korean shipbuilders have outperformed their Japanese competitors this year with the equities for all three Korean firms rising while the Japanese builders are either flat or down.