石油设备网讯 据世界天然气网站5月8日消息 俄罗斯最大的航运公司Sovcomflot与荷兰国际集团银行、伊佩克斯银行和法国农业信贷投资银行签订了2.97亿美元十年期信贷协议，为两艘液化天然气运输船提供资金。
这笔资金将用于两艘新一代17.4万立方米Atlanticmax液化天然气运输船交付前和交付后的融资，这两艘新一代液化天然气运输船将以长期租船的方式租赁给壳牌公司。
Sovcomflot在声明中称，这两艘船采用了低速双燃料X-DF柴油发动机和气体蒸发部分液化系统。
其中一艘计划在2020年下半年交付，另一艘计划在2021年上半年交付。
这些船舶的增加将使集团的液化气运输船队增加到16艘，完全符合集团扩大与核心客户长期业务的战略需求。
此协议之前，SCF集团与这三家银行于2018年11月签署了一项类似的1.49亿美元信贷协议，为建造一艘液化天然气运输船提供资金，该船将以长期租船方式运营。
吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Sovcomflot secures funds for LNG carrier duo
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has secured $297 million ten-year credit facility with ING Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank to fund LNG carrier pair.
The funds will be used towards pre- and post-delivery financing of two new-generation 174,000-cbm Atlanticmax LNG carriers, which will operate under long-term charters to Shell.
The vessels feature a slow-speed dual-fuel X-DF diesel engine and gas boil-off partial liquefaction system, Sovcomflot said in its statement.
The first of these vessels is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2020, the other in the first half of 2021.
The addition of these vessels will increase the group’s liquefied gas carrier fleet to 16 vessels and is fully in line with the group’s strategy of expanding its long-term business with core clients.
This deal follows a similar $149 million credit facility signed in November 2018, between SCF Group and these three banks, to finance the construction of an LNG carrier, which will operate on long-term charter to Total.
