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| 2019-08-16 来源： 中国石化新闻网 |
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中国石化新闻网讯 据美国彭博新闻社8月14日伦敦报道，世界上最大的油轮日前开始了长达1.24万英里的航行，前往亚洲的一个燃料储存区，这是数月来引起航运市场和燃料交易商极大兴趣的世界最大油轮的最新动向。 根据来自该船最近的信息，全长1200英尺、船龄16年、能够装载法国和英国一天石油总消费量的《大洋洲号》油轮将在9月底抵达马来西亚的邻宜河(Sungai Linggi)。《大洋洲号》油轮在水中的深度和之前的移动表明，这艘由总部设在比利时安特卫普的比利时油轮航运公司Euronav NV所有的所谓超大型原油船已经装载了货物。 目前正驶过西非的《大洋洲号》油轮自3月份以来一直在地中海积累货物。Euronav NV最初的计划是使用一艘超级油轮来储存燃料，以帮助其旗下船队遵守IMO 2020规则，该规则将迫使商船减少硫排放。Euronav NV已多次拒绝就此事进一步置评。根据Vortexa的油轮跟踪数据，这艘超级油轮就是《大洋洲号》油轮。当这艘世界最大油轮抵达东亚时，它将加入一个由众多油轮组成的船队，这些油轮也在储存符合IMO规定的产品。 位于奥斯陆的帕累托证券航运分析师Eirik Haavaldsen表示：“这是一个不同寻常的、当然也是一种有趣的方式来应对IMO 2020规则的故事。这并非没有风险。但这很有趣，而且也比其他航运公司更老于世故。” 李峻 编译自 彭博社 原文如下： World’s largest tanker starts 12,400-mile journey to meet IMO regulations The world’s biggest oil tanker has begun a 12,400-mile voyage to a fuel-storage zone in Asia, the latest movement of a vessel that’s intrigued the shipping market and fuel traders for months. More than 1,200 feet long, 16 years old, and able to hold roughly a day of France’s and Britain’s combined oil consumption, Oceania will arrive at Sungai Linggi in Malaysia at the end of September, according to recent signals from the vessel. Its depth in the water and previous movements indicate the so-called ultra-large crude carrier, owned by Antwerp-based Euronav NV, has cargo on board. Oceania, currently sailing past West Africa, has been accumulating cargoes in the Mediterranean Sea since about March. Euronav’s original plan was to use a supertanker to store fuel to help its fleet meet rules known as IMO 2020, which will force merchant ships to cut sulfur emissions. The company has declined to comment further on the matter multiple times. The vessel is Oceania, according to tanker-tracking data from Vortexa. When the ship arrives in East Asia, it will join an armada of carriers also storing products that will meet the regulations. “This is unusual and certainly an interesting way of dealing with the IMO 2020 story,” said Eirik Haavaldsen, a shipping analyst at Pareto Securities AS in Oslo. “It is not without risk. But it’s interesting, and it’s also a bit more sophisticated than the rest of the shipping companies.”
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