In November 2017,CMA CGM,a French container transportation and shipping company,announced that their nine large-scale(22,000 TEU)containerships would be dedicated to running on LNG.These containerships would be delivered by China State Shipbuilding Corporation.This article reviews the current status of LNG as a marine fuel,and analyzes the influence which the order would have on global LNG market in the shipping sector.While these are the first ships to run on LNG,the size of the vessels and the associated fuel consumption will add confidence in that this new LNG demand sector has a bright future.The order will boost bunkering infrastructure,provide new ideas in the development of LNG as a marine fuel.Meanwhile it will also provide positive influences on improving the level of shipbuilding as well as accelerating the development of LNG as a marine fuel in China.%2017年11月,法国达飞(CMACGM)公司宣布与中国船舶集团签订9艘大型集装箱运输船建造订单,这批船舶平均体积22000TEU,采用液化天然气(LNG)作为动力.文章回顾了全球船用LNG的发展现状,分析了订单对于世界全球船用LNG发展的影响,作为第一笔明确要求使用LNG作为燃料的大型船舶订单,肯定了LNG作为船舶燃料的光明前景,推动了LNG水上加注设施的建设,为船用LNG的发展提供了新的思路.同时,对于我国提高船舶制造水平和加速船用LNG发展方面也有积极影响.
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