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        能源巨头壳牌西部液化天然气公司（Shell Western LNG）和地中海邮轮集团（MSC Group）旗下的地中海邮轮公司（MSC Cruises），根据壳牌为地中海邮轮公司新造船提供船用燃料的协议，在荷兰鹿特丹完成了对以液化天然气为动力的 "MSC Euribia "号邮轮的首次燃料加注。

        地中海邮轮执行主席皮埃尔弗朗切斯科-瓦戈（Pierfrancesco Vago）说： "液化天然气是我们实现到2050年温室气体净零排放目标的重要一步。这种燃料正处于过渡阶段，并准备为碳中和的生物液化天然气和最终的合成液化天然气让路，我们期待着在它们大规模可用时使用它们，作为我们长期去碳化旅程的一部分"。

        "这项新协议进一步表明了地中海航运集团与壳牌之间正在进行的战略合作，以通过我们现有的合作伙伴关系实现更广泛的共同脱碳目标，正如我们为此目的达成的2021年协议所反映的那样。

        壳牌全球液化天然气下游事业部总经理塔希尔-法鲁基（Tahir Faruqui）补充说："这项协议表明，液化天然气为航运公司提供了一条通往净零排放的可扩展道路，使他们能够灵活地从燃油过渡到化石液化天然气，并随着生物液化天然气和可再生合成液化天然气的普及而过渡到这些燃料。我们拥有广泛的液化天然气燃料供应网络，随时准备为地中海邮轮等大型企业的能源转型提供支持。“

        值得注意的是，据说地中海邮轮已投资 30 亿欧元建造三艘液化天然气动力邮轮。第一艘是 MSC World Europa 号，于 2022 年 12 月启航；第二艘是 MSC Euribia 号；第三艘是 MSC World America 号，预计将于 2025 年加入船队。

        MSC Euribia号目前在北欧运营。2023年9月，在号称全球首个温室气体净零排放邮轮的航行中，该邮轮共节省了43吨生物液化天然气燃料。

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MSC Euribia in first LNG bunkering op under Shell-MSC Cruises deal

Energy major Shell Western LNG and MSC Cruises, the cruise division of MSC Group, have completed the first bunkering of LNG-powered vessel MSC Euribia in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, under the agreement for Shell to provide marine fuels for the line’s newbuild.

Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises’ Executive Chairman, said: “LNG is an important step forward in our ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The fuel is one in transition and poised to make way for carbon-neutral bio-LNG and eventually synthetic LNG that we look forward to using as and when they become available at scale as part of our longer-term decarbonization journey.”

“This new agreement further demonstrates the ongoing strategic cooperation between MSC Group and Shell towards achieving broader shared decarbonization objectives through our existing partnership, as reflected in our 2021 agreement for this purpose.”

Tahir Faruqui, General Manager, Shell Global Downstream LNG, added: “This agreement illustrates how LNG provides shipping companies with a scalable path to net-zero emissions, allowing them to flexibly transition from fuel oil to fossil LNG today, and subsequently to bio-LNG and renewable synthetic LNG as these options become accessible. With an extensive LNG bunkering network, we stand prepared to support major players like MSC Cruises on its energy transition.”

To note, MSC Cruises is said to have invested €3 billion in three LNG-powered cruise ships. The first is MSC World Europa, which set sail in December 2022, the second is MSC Euribia and the third, MSC World America, is expected to join the fleet in 2025.

MSC Euribia is currently operating in Northern Europe. In September 2023, during what was said to be the world’s first net-zero greenhouse gas emissions cruise ship voyage, it achieved an overall saving of 43 tons of bio-LNG fuel.