據5月31日offshore energy消息：NYK航運公司、NYK郵輪公司、生態燃料船運公司和橫濱市簽署了一份諒解備忘錄，以在日本橫濱港開展液化天然氣加注業務。

　　為橫濱港口加注液化天然氣是日本政府計劃的一部分，該計劃旨在使橫濱成為碳中和港口，以進一步實現其2050年零排放目標。

　　橫濱市已與日本公司達成協議，就游輪安全平穩的液化天然氣加注業務進行合作。

　　去年，日本液化天然氣燃料船的所有者和經營者生態燃料船運公司在福岡造船廠推出了它的第一艘船舶。東京灣生態艙是一種多燃料船，能夠進行船對船液化天然氣和極低硫燃料油的補給。預計將于今年年底交付。

　　橫濱市正在港口為東京灣生態艙建造專用系泊設施。該船將從橫濱港基地向東京灣其他港口部署液化天然氣燃料補給作業。

　　日本航運巨頭NYK的全資子公司NYK郵輪公司計劃在2025年推出一艘新的液化天然氣燃料郵輪。

　　馮娟 摘譯自 offshore energy

　　原文如下：

　　LNG bunkering to commence at Japan’s Yokohama port

　　NYK Line, NYK Cruises, Ecobunker Shipping, and Yokohama City have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to carry out LNG bunkering operations at Japan’s Port of Yokohama.

　　LNG bunkering for Yokohama Port is part of the Japanese government’s plans to make Yokohama a carbon-neutral port, in order to get a step closer to achieve its 2050 zero-emission target.

　　The city of Yokohama has agreed with the Japanese companies to cooperate on safe and smooth LNG bunkering of cruise ships.

　　Japanese owner and operator of LNG bunkering vessels Ecobunker Shipping launched its first ship at the Fukuoka Shipbuilding yard last year. Ecobunker Tokyo Bay is a multi-bunkering vessel capable of both ship-to-ship LNG and VLSFO (very low sulphur fuel oil) bunkering. It is expected to be delivered by the end of the year.

　　The city of Yokohama is building a dedicated mooring facility for Ecobunker Tokyo Bay at the port. The ship will deploy LNG bunkering operations from its base at Yokohama port to other Tokyo bay ports.

　　NYK Cruise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese shipping major NYK, plans to launch a new LNG-fuelled cruise ship in 2025.