據海事新聞12月27日消息稱，NYK與印度最大的天然氣公司蓋爾(印度)有限公司簽署了一份多年期的液化天然氣(LNG)船租賃合同。

Grace Emilia，這艘將被租用的船配備WinGD制造的雙燃料低速X-DF柴油發動機，它具有卓越的燃料消耗效率，可以使用船用柴油或燃燒儲存在貨艙中的氣體。該船還具有再液化系統，可以使用再液化的過剩蒸發氣體，并將其返回貨艙。

貨艙有一個17.4萬立方米容量的膜式艙，利用先進的絕緣材料，有效地抑制了液艙內的汽化速度，提高了LNG運輸的效率和經濟性。

蓋爾是印度石油和天然氣部管轄的國有天然氣公司，是該國的主要經銷商和管道運營商。它是天然氣營銷領域的市場領導者，占該國終端用戶天然氣消費總量的 50% 以上。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 海事新聞

原文如下：

NYK Signs Multi-Year Deal with GAIL (India) Limited for Charter of LNG Carrier

NYK signed a multi-year time-charter contract with GAIL (India) Limited, India's largest natural gas company, for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. 

Grace Emilia, the vessel that will be chartered, is equipped with a WinGD-made dual-fuel slow-speed X-DF diesel engine, a unit that has superior fuel-consumption efficiency and can operate on marine gas oil or boil off gas stored in the cargo tank. The vessel also features a re-liquefaction system that can use re-liquefied excess boil-off gas and return it to the cargo tank.

The cargo tank has a 174,000 cu. m. capacity membrane-type tank that makes use of advanced insulating materials to suppress the boil-off rate in the cargo tank for efficiency and economy in LNG transportation.

GAIL is India’s state-owned Natural gas major under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and is a major reseller and pipeline operator in the country. It is the market leader in gas marketing segment accounting for more than 50% of the total gas consumption by end-users in the country.