据世界天然气8月4日消息，日本航运公司三井OSK Lines (MOL) 于8月3日表示，已与 Shin Kurushima Dockyard 和 Nihon Shipyard 签署协议，建造四艘容量为7,000辆的LNG燃料汽车运输船。
MOL表示，计划到2030年前推出90艘液化天然气燃料船，作为其到2050年实现温室气体净零排放计划的一部分。
该公司表示：“除了MOL集团一直在开展的LNG燃料船舶项目之外，我们还将从这一决定开始，促进汽车运输船使用LNG燃料。”MOL还计划开发以生物燃料为燃料的船舶。
祝精燕 摘译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
JAPAN'S MOL ORDERS FOUR LNG-FUELLED CAR CARRIERS
Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked an agreement with Shin Kurushima Dockyard and Nihon Shipyard to build four 7,000-unit capacity LNG-fuelled car carriers, it said align="justify"> MOL said it plans to launch 90 LNG-fuelled vessels by 2030 as part of its plan to be net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
“In addition to the LNG-fuelled vessel projects that the MOL Group has been working on, we will promote the use of LNG-fuel for car carriers, starting with this decision,” the company said. MOL is also planning to develop vessels fuelled by biofuels.