Euronav选择马港口作为清洁海洋燃料东部供应基地

据路透社吉隆坡报道，马来西亚Linggi港运营商表示，比利时油轮运营商Euronav 周二签署了一项服务协议，将马来西亚Linggi港作为其供应基地，为往返于苏伊士东部航线的船舶提供低硫海洋燃料和其他服务。

马六甲瓜拉宁宜国际港运营商T.A.G. Marine周二在一份声明中表示，在此次合作宣布不久前，Euronav作为世界上最大的油轮公司之一，将旗下两艘超大型原油运输船(ULCC)中的一艘部署到该港口，用于海上储存300万桶含硫量为0.2% 和0.5% 的低硫燃料油。

声明称，这项协议有利于马来西亚发展海运以及燃料补给行业的雄心，目的是与邻国新加坡竞争世界上最大的枢纽中心。

根据联合国国际海事组织(IMO)制定的规则，船东必须将燃料中的硫含量从3.5% 降至0.5% ，以减少排放量，该规则将于明年1月生效。

詹晓晶 摘自 路透社

原文如下：

Belgium's Euronav picks Malaysia port as Eastern supply base for cleaner marine fuels

Belgian tanker operator Euronav on Tuesday signed a service agreement making Malaysia’s Linggi Port its supply base providing low-sulphur marine fuels and other services for ships plying East-of-Suez routes, the port operator said.

The announcement comes shortly after Euronav, one of the largest tanker companies in the world, deployed one of its two ultra-large crude carriers (ULCC) to Kuala Linggi International Port (KLIP) for floating storage with 3 million barrels of 0.2% and 0.5% low sulphur fuel oil, operator T.A.G. Marine SDN BHD said in a statement on Tuesday.

The agreement makes good on Malaysia’s ambitions to develop its maritime and bunkering industries, the statement said, in an effort to rival the world’s largest hub in neighboring Singapore.

Ship owners must cut emissions by reducing the sulphur content in fuel to 0.5% from 3.5% under the rules, which are set by the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO), and come into effect in January.