据世界天然气网站5月16日消息 俄罗斯最大的航运公司Sovcomflot在今年第一季度扭亏为盈，因为其提高了液化天然气燃料油轮的使用。
公司今年前三个月的净利润为7010万美元，而2018年同期亏损1610万美元。
Sovcomflot总裁兼首席执行官Sergey Frank表示：“Sovcomflot从2019年开始，第一季度表现强劲，在2019年前几个月上涨后，我们传统原油和产品油轮市场恢复盈利。尤其是与2018年第一季度相比，我们的原油船队的利润同比增长了53%。”
Sovcomflot执行副总裁、首席运营和首席技术官Igor Tonkovidov补充称，公司已采取措施，通过增加两艘Aframax型油轮的主要燃料液化天然气的使用，从而减少其碳足迹。
Frank进一步指出，尽管传统油轮的现货市场价格尚未达到其历史平均水平，但它们已经脱离了2017-2018年第三季度期间的低水平，尽管该公司在2019年第二季度仍保持谨慎，但Sovcomflot认为，在2019年底至2020年将出现传统油轮市场可持续性的复苏是可能的。
吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Sovcomflot swings to a profit in Q1
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot swung to a profit in the first quarter of the year as it boosts the use of LNG-fueled tankers.
The company’s net profit for the first three months of the year reached $70.1 million which compares to a $16.1 million loss in the corresponding period in 2018.
“Sovcomflot started 2019 with a strong Q1 performance, boosted by a return to profitability in our conventional crude and product tanker markets following an upswing in the first months of 2019. Profits from our crude fleet, in particular, increased 53 percent year-on-year compared to Q1 2018,”Sergey Frank, president and CEO of Sovcomflot said.
Igor Tonkovidov, executive vice-president, chief operating & chief technical officer of Sovcomflot added that the company made steps towards reducing its environmental footprint by increasing the use of LNG as primary fuel Frank further noted that although spot market rates for conventional tankers have yet to reach their historic averages, they have come off the low levels witnessed in the 2017-Q3 2018 period and, whilst the company remains cautious for the second quarter of 2019, and Sovcomflot believes that a sustainable market recovery in the conventional tanker markets appears likely towards the end of 2019 and through 2020.
