???? 據能源經濟3月8日消息稱，一家頂級液化天然氣油輪公司表示，液化天然氣(LNG)船舶的盈利將受到補充庫存需求的提振，此前寒冷的天氣推動了供應的緊張和創紀錄的高運費。

????今年1月歐洲和亞洲以及上月北美的寒流增加了供暖需求，促使幾個市場的價格飆升，同時庫存下降。

????GasLog Partners首席執行官Paul Wogan對路透表示：“由于亞洲和歐洲的北半球冬季都很冷，你需要補充庫存。所以，我們認為這將增運英里。”

????噸英里是航運需求的一個指標，衡量的是運輸貨物量乘以距離。

????航運消息人士估計，1月份液化天然氣船費率創下了超過32萬美元/天的歷史新高，其中一些租船合同的成交價格約為35萬美元/天。

????波羅的海交易所的數據顯示，部分航線的平均日收入已降至2萬美元左右。

????Wogan說，盡管到2021年將有更多的油輪交付，但運費可能會“比去年每天高出5000美元左右”。

????他說:“我們認為今年的液化天然氣運輸量將比去年增加約2,000萬噸。”他還補充說，大部分新增產量將來自美國生產商。

????經紀商EA Gibson基于AIS船舶跟蹤的數據顯示，今年已經交付了14艘液化天然氣船，另有44艘計劃在2021年下水，這將使現有的593艘液化天然氣船增加。

????Gaslog的董事長Peter Livanos上周表示，該交易將允許“獲得目前在公開股票市場缺乏的增長型資本”。

????朱佳妮 摘譯自 能源經濟

????原文如下：

????LNG shipping market primed for growth after scramble for supply

????Liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships are set to receive an earnings boost from restocking demand after colder conditions drove a scramble for supplies and record high freight rates, a top LNG tanker player said.

????A cold snap in Europe and Asia in January and in North America last month increased heating demand, prompting prices to jump in several markets, while inventories fell.

????"You need to replenish stocks because of the cold northern hemisphere winter in both Asia and in Europe. So, we think this is going to add to tonne miles," GasLog Partners chief executive Paul Wogan told Reuters.

????Tonne miles are an indicator of shipping demand, measuring transported cargo volume multiplied by distance.

????LNG tanker rates in January hit record highs of over $320,000 a day, with some charters concluded at around $350,000 a day, estimates from shipping sources showed.

????Average earnings have fallen to around $20,000 a day on some routes, Baltic Exchange data showed.

????Wogan said despite more tankers being delivered in 2021, rates could be "somewhere between $5,000 a day better than they were at last year".

????"We think there's going to be about 20 million tonnes more LNG moved this year than last year," he said, adding that much of the additional production would come from U.S. producers.

????Data from broker EA Gibson, based on AIS ship tracking, showed 14 LNG vessels had already been delivered this year with a further 44 scheduled to hit the water in 2021, which will add to the existing LNG fleet of 593 tankers.

????Gaslog Ltd's chairman Peter Livanos said last week the deal would allow "for access to growth capital currently absent in the public equity markets".