据天然气工业9月2日消息，日本商船三井株式会社(MOL)及其集团公司日本荣船株式会社(Nihon Tug-Boat)宣布，由日本荣船运营的LNG燃料拖船首次由大阪燃气和Daigas能源公司于2021年9月1日提供碳中和液化天然气燃料。这标志着日本首次使用碳中和液化天然气作为船舶燃料。
在大阪Sakai Senboku港的码头，使用卡车到船的方法向拖船供应用于 “Ishin ”号的碳中和液化天然气。“碳中和”指的是，在天然气开采、液化、运输、生产和燃烧过程中产生的所有温室气体(GHGs)都被抵销，碳中和有望在未来广泛应用于一般用途和船舶燃料。
“Ishin”号为MOL所有，自2019年2月起由日本荣船株式会社运营。自作业开始以来，它一直由Daigas能源公司提供液化天然气燃料。在此之际，Daigas能源公司和日本荣船株式会社就未来几年供应碳中和液化天然气签署谅解备忘录(MoU)。
近年来，加强对商船尾气排放监管的步伐加快。2018年4月，国际海事组织(IMO)通过了一项初步战略，旨在到2050年将国际航运的温室气体排放在2008年的基础上至少减少50%，并在本世纪尽快逐步淘汰国际航运的温室气体排放。
MOL 集团的目标是到 2050 年实现净零温室气体排放，如 2021 年 6 月公布的“MOL 集团环境愿景 2.1”中所述。该集团制定了“采用清洁替代燃料”战略来实现这一目标，并计划到2030年引进约90艘LNG燃料船。“Ishin”号是MOL的第一艘LNG燃料船，该集团继续积极推动减少温室气体排放的新举措。
MOL旨在促进更广泛地使用以LNG为燃料的船舶，同时努力采用新的替代燃料，如氨，并开展使用合成甲烷的研究和开发，预计这将有助于进一步减少温室气体。它不仅努力减少自身运营产生的温室气体排放，而且满足客户和社会的需求，减少其活动对环境的影响。
裘寅 编译自 天然气工业
原文如下：
LNG-fuelled tugboat uses carbon neutral LNG
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd and its group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd have announced that the Nihon Tug-Boat-operated LNG-fuelled tugboat was supplied for the first time with carbon neutral LNG fuel by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd and Daigas Energy Co., Ltd align="justify"> Carbon neutral LNG for the Ishin was supplied to the tugboat using the truck to ship method at the wharf in Sakai Senboku Port, Osaka. The ‘carbon neutral’ designation means that all greenhouse gases (GHGs), generated throughout the lifecycle of natural gas extraction, liquefaction, transport, production, and combustion processes, were offset by credit, and carbon neutral is expected to gain wide adoption in the future for general use as well as vessel fuel.
The tugboat Ishin is owned by MOL, and has been operated by Nihon Tug-Boat since February 2019. It has been supplied with LNG fuel from Daigas Energy since the beginning of the operation. align="justify"> Moves to tighten regulations align="justify"> The goal of the MOL Group is to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050, as set out in the ‘MOL Group Environmental Vision 2.1’, announced in June 2021. The group set the ‘Adoption of Clean Alternative Fuels’ strategy to realise the goal, and plans to introduce about 90 LNG-fuelled vessels by 2030. The Ishin is MOL’s first LNG-fuelled vessel, and the group continues its proactive push align="justify"> MOL aims to promote the wider use of LNG-fuelled vessels while working to adopt new alternative fuels such as ammonia and conducting research and development on the use of synthetic methane, which is expected to contribute to further GHG reduction. It not only strives to reduce GHG emissions generated from its own operations, but also to meet the needs of customers and society to reduce the environmental impact of its activities.